The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites
Construction accidents has earned a bad reputation along the years even with personal protective equipment (PPE) provided on site. Wearable technology has become more common nowadays for preventing workplace injuries, ensuring level of safety in the workplace. Smart personal protective equipment...
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| author | Lee, Benny, Hai Chim* Chang, Yee Ting Fo, Kee Wah* Kong, Sio Kah* |
| author_facet | Lee, Benny, Hai Chim* Chang, Yee Ting Fo, Kee Wah* Kong, Sio Kah* |
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| description | Construction accidents has earned a bad reputation along the years even with personal protective
equipment (PPE) provided on site. Wearable technology has become more common nowadays for
preventing workplace injuries, ensuring level of safety in the workplace. Smart personal protective
equipment (PPE) refers to PPE that connects to the internet and other devices like software or
tablets to deliver real-time safety information. Hence, the aim for this research is to study the
possibility of implementing smart personal protective equipment (PPE) in Malaysian construction
industry. The findings show that majority of respondents are aware of construction accident, smart
PPE are better in reducing injuries than conventional PPE and respondents are willing to
implement in their company if Smart PPE is available in the market and the cost is reasonable. |
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| spelling | intimal-14252024-03-18T04:19:00Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1425/ The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites Lee, Benny, Hai Chim* Chang, Yee Ting Fo, Kee Wah* Kong, Sio Kah* QA76 Computer software Construction accidents has earned a bad reputation along the years even with personal protective equipment (PPE) provided on site. Wearable technology has become more common nowadays for preventing workplace injuries, ensuring level of safety in the workplace. Smart personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to PPE that connects to the internet and other devices like software or tablets to deliver real-time safety information. Hence, the aim for this research is to study the possibility of implementing smart personal protective equipment (PPE) in Malaysian construction industry. The findings show that majority of respondents are aware of construction accident, smart PPE are better in reducing injuries than conventional PPE and respondents are willing to implement in their company if Smart PPE is available in the market and the cost is reasonable. INTI International University 2020-09 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1425/1/ij2020_17.pdf Lee, Benny, Hai Chim* and Chang, Yee Ting and Fo, Kee Wah* and Kong, Sio Kah* (2020) The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites. INTI JOURNAL, 2020 (17). ISSN e2600-7320 http://intijournal.newinti.edu.my |
| spellingShingle | QA76 Computer software Lee, Benny, Hai Chim* Chang, Yee Ting Fo, Kee Wah* Kong, Sio Kah* The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites |
| title | The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites |
| title_full | The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites |
| title_fullStr | The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites |
| title_short | The Potential of Implementing Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Minimize Work Related Injuries in Construction Sites |
| title_sort | potential of implementing smart personal protective equipment (ppe) to minimize work related injuries in construction sites |
| topic | QA76 Computer software |
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