Assessing Safety Risks of Human-Robot Interaction: Occupational Safety and Health Protocol for Assessing Human-Robot Interaction Safety Risks

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Occupational Safety and Health Protocol for Assessing Human-Robot Interaction Safety Risks
  
  Chukwuma Nnaji, John Gambatese, and Ifeanyi Okpala. CPWR Small Study, 2021
  
  Robotics and automation (RA)—such as exoskeletons, drones, and single-task construction robots—offer new possibilities to combat challenges facing the construction trades, including unsafe and dangerous working conditions. Despite RA’s potential positive impacts, human-robot interaction (HRI) can also introduce new hazards on the job site and elevate the potential impact of existing hazards. While some studies have assessed the effectiveness of RA technologies, none have evaluated the safety risks associated with implementing RA in the construction industry, and there is no HRI safety risk assessment protocol to assist practitioners conducting pre-task planning that involves RA. This study developed a practical process and tools for practitioners to identify and quantify HRI safety risks when using RA in construction operations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Inhalation Exposure Metal Nanoparticles/toxicity Occupational Exposure Paint/toxicity Silver/toxicity
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Name as Subject:
  United States ; United States
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067602
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:b6fdcda3ecc165f15fbf08967ff6ba24f4d220069c5d86f0571e27c631bef73de8b55d5eb945c7d132e9a34f38d4e68d0e951a0ccf7814ba809ca4a975b3902a
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