Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This study presents an early-warning system for working in hot and humid environment. The developed system can monitor workers' heat strain level when they have to work under such hostile conditions continuously. Health alert messages with corresponding...
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| author | Yi, Wen Chan, A. Wang, Xiangyu Wang, J. |
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| description | © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This study presents an early-warning system for working in hot and humid environment. The developed system can monitor workers' heat strain level when they have to work under such hostile conditions continuously. Health alert messages with corresponding intervention measures will be prompted to workers to safeguard their wellbeing. Heat strain is evaluated by a subjective index perception rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and an objective heat strain indicator heart rate. A database containing 550 sets of synchronized work-related, environmental, and personal data were used to construct the prediction model. Artificial neural networks were applied to forecast the RPE of construction workers. Statistical measures including MAPE, RMSE and R2 confirm that the established model is good fitting with high accuracy. The proposed system could be automated by integrating smart sensor technology, location tracking technology, and information communication technology, which could be in the form of GSM based environmental sensor, smart bracelet, and smart phone application, to protect the wellbeing for those who have to work in hot and humid conditions. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-245412018-03-29T09:08:01Z Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study Yi, Wen Chan, A. Wang, Xiangyu Wang, J. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This study presents an early-warning system for working in hot and humid environment. The developed system can monitor workers' heat strain level when they have to work under such hostile conditions continuously. Health alert messages with corresponding intervention measures will be prompted to workers to safeguard their wellbeing. Heat strain is evaluated by a subjective index perception rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and an objective heat strain indicator heart rate. A database containing 550 sets of synchronized work-related, environmental, and personal data were used to construct the prediction model. Artificial neural networks were applied to forecast the RPE of construction workers. Statistical measures including MAPE, RMSE and R2 confirm that the established model is good fitting with high accuracy. The proposed system could be automated by integrating smart sensor technology, location tracking technology, and information communication technology, which could be in the form of GSM based environmental sensor, smart bracelet, and smart phone application, to protect the wellbeing for those who have to work in hot and humid conditions. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24541 10.1016/j.autcon.2015.11.003 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Yi, Wen Chan, A. Wang, Xiangyu Wang, J. Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study |
| title | Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study |
| title_full | Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study |
| title_fullStr | Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study |
| title_short | Development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: A case study |
| title_sort | development of an early-warning system for site work in hot and humid environments: a case study |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24541 |