Wearable sensing technology applications in construction safety and health

CR Ahn, SH Lee, C Sun, H Jebelli, K Yang… - Journal of Construction …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The advent of wearable sensing technologies has produced unprecedented opportunities
for the near real-time collection and analysis of workers' safety and health data. To …

A review of IoT-enabled mobile healthcare: technologies, challenges, and future trends

Y Yang, H Wang, R Jiang, X Guo… - IEEE Internet of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) has grown over decades to encompass many forms of sensing
modalities, and continues to improve in terms of sophistication and lower costs. The trend of …

Biomechanical analysis of risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders during repetitive lifting task in construction workers

MF Antwi-Afari, H Li, DJ Edwards, EA Pärn… - Automation in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent major health issues for
construction workers yet risk factors associated with repetitive lifting tasks remain …

ANN-based automated scaffold builder activity recognition through wearable EMG and IMU sensors

SS Bangaru, C Wang, SA Busam… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Construction worker activity recognition is essential for worker performance and safety
assessment. With the development of wearable sensing technologies, many researchers …

Sensor-based safety management

A Asadzadeh, M Arashpour, H Li, T Ngo… - Automation in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction industry has one of the most hazardous working environments worldwide,
which accounts for about 1 in every 5 occupational fatalities. The high rates of workplace …

A science mapping-based review of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among construction workers

MF Antwi-Afari, H Li, AHS Chan, JO Seo, S Anwer… - Journal of safety …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are recognized as a leading
cause of nonfatal injuries in construction, but no review of existing studies has systematically …

Application of wearable biosensors to construction sites. I: Assessing workers' stress

H Jebelli, B Choi, SH Lee - Journal of Construction Engineering and …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
One of the major hazards of the workplace, and in life in general, is occupational stress,
which adversely affects workers' well-being, safety, and productivity. The construction …

Review of image-based analysis and applications in construction

K Mostafa, T Hegazy - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
Image-based analysis techniques offer a robust way to solve engineering problems due to
the availability of visual data (eg, surveillance cameras). Hence, research efforts have …

Assessment of construction workers' perceived risk using physiological data from wearable sensors: A machine learning approach

G Lee, B Choi, H Jebelli, SH Lee - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering that workers' safe or unsafe behaviors are responses to their perceived risk
when working, understanding workers' perceived risk is vital for safety management in the …

Worker 4.0: The future of sensored construction sites

D Calvetti, P Mêda, M Chichorro Gonçalves, H Sousa - Buildings, 2020 - mdpi.com
The digitalization of the construction industry (CI) has the aim—among others—to raise the
bar of overall productivity. The craft workforce is very relevant on the overall value-chain …