IoT-Enabled Wearable Fatigue-Tracking System for Mine Operators

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• Personal Author:
  Drews FA ; Marques J ; Rogers WP ; Talebi E
• Description:
  This study explores the possibility of investigating operator fatigue via the use of off-the-shelf wearable devices and custom applications. Fatigue is a complex biological phenomenon, and both subjective and objective data are needed to assess it properly. The development of any application and the assessments of fatigue should be guided by psychological insights. The methods used to conceptualize and develop a fatigue-tracking application on a wearable device are presented. Subjective fatigue data are collected using the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale, while the objective data are collected using reaction time measurements. The development and testing of the application are presented in this paper. Data collected with the system suggest that such a system can potentially replace other, more expensive and intrusive approaches to measure fatigue. Future work on IoT applications will need to examine organizational culture and support to assess the effectiveness of such an approach. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Wearable Device Emerging Technology Mine Workers Mining Industry Monitoring Systems Operator Fatigue Reaction Time Sleepiness Scale Wearable Technologies
• ISSN:
  2075-163X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067733
• Citation:
  Minerals 2023 Feb; 13(2):287
• Contact Point Address:
  Elaheh Talebi, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
• Email:
  elaheh.talebi@utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20190901
• Source Full Name:
  Minerals
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:879a414f27d01213500a5c27b85f7a89761abfb17da76684b52c4ffd9024630ffcff12e9bb7e8caddf919d36c32c9b65156fa48944526cb26f78cd255e669898
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229995/cdc_229995_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 9.71 MB ]