Evolution and Applications of Recent Sensing Technology for Occupational Risk Assessment: A Rapid Review of the Literature

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• Personal Author:
  Borghi A ; Borghi F ; Campagnolo D ; Cattaneo A ; Cauda, Emanuele G. ; Cavallo DM ; Fanti G ; Keller M ; Rovelli S ; Spinazzè A
• Description:
  Over the last decade, technological advancements have been made available and applied in a wide range of applications in several work fields, ranging from personal to industrial enforcements. One of the emerging issues concerns occupational safety and health in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and, in more detail, it deals with how industrial hygienists could improve the risk-assessment process. A possible way to achieve these aims is the adoption of new exposure-monitoring tools. In this study, a systematic review of the up-to-date scientific literature has been performed to identify and discuss the most-used sensors that could be useful for occupational risk assessment, with the intent of highlighting their pros and cons. A total of 40 papers have been included in this manuscript. The results show that sensors able to investigate airborne pollutants (i.e., gaseous pollutants and particulate matter), environmental conditions, physical agents, and workers' postures could be usefully adopted in the risk-assessment process, since they could report significant data without significantly interfering with the job activities of the investigated subjects. To date, there are only few "next-generation" monitors and sensors (NGMSs) that could be effectively used on the workplace to preserve human health. Due to this fact, the development and the validation of new NGMSs will be crucial in the upcoming years, to adopt these technologies in occupational-risk assessment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne Particulates Air Pollutants Author Keywords: Low-cost Sensors Emerging Technology Implantable Monitors Industrial Hygiene Miniaturized Monitors Monitoring Systems Monitors Placeable Monitors Sensors Systematic Reviews Wearable Monitors Wearable Technologies

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0746-9462
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065563
• Citation:
  Sensors 2022 Jul; 22(13):4841
• Contact Point Address:
  Giacomo Fanti, Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy
• Email:
  giacomo.fanti@uninsubria.it
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Sensors
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:46898ce381b651288b1b23f2068fdee79313faf2afaeb40d6de45cddb71c35abc9ba3b861f9217467b1baecc7b37074dcec910b3796cda059caf3706b0ac63c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215542/cdc_215542_DS1.pdf
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