Wearable Safety Technologies
Discover the latest product updates, best-practices in industrial ergonomics, wearable safety technologies and get useful occupational safety tips
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06.01.21
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Using Wearable Technology to Address Three Categories of RiskMusculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are disruptive and costly for workers, employers and society. Wearable technology can help address the risks of injury and keep workers engaged in the process by enabling them to self-manage their safety. Wearable technology used for safety has already developed beyond the nascent stage, and is becoming readily available to help reduce […]
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16.12.20
Building the Intensity Model
Traditional workplace safety standards specify what ‘typical’ humans can withstand. In the case of ergonomics and manual handling risk, these usually estimate how many higher-risk movements a person should make within a time period and how much weight or force a person should be able to carry out safely. These limits are created for all […]
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09.12.20
Wearables for Safety – Worker Acceptance, Union Buy-in & Data Security Measures
The broad adoption of wearables in the workplace is largely dependent on overcoming certain barriers. A study published in the Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society notes that these barriers include worker acceptance and privacy/confidentiality of data (1). When it comes to deciding to take on any form of safety technology, being equipped […]
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18.11.20
Wearable Tech Reduces Musculoskeletal Injuries by 55%
Being actively safe at work is more effective when risks can be tracked, compared, shared, learning can be adapted into everyday behaviour and workers have the agency to manage their own musculoskeletal wellbeing. Toni-Louise Gianatti explains how wearable tech has been adopted by Travis Perkins Group PLC to provide a new, accepted, and proven method […]
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04.11.20
How AI-Driven Algorithms Improve an Individual’s Ergonomic Safety
With the use of AI-driven (Artificially Intelligent) algorithms, the pressure of personal worker safety is relieved from organisations and transferred to individuals. Workers are empowered by using personalised feedback and learning about their actions. The physical demands of Material Manual Handling (MMH) workers are immense and are to be congratulated. It is fair to say […]
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