Smart Personal Protective Equipment in IoT-based Working Environment

Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute, Department of Personal Protective Equipment, Poland

on a basis of solutions and concepts developed in the CIOP-PIB

ICT-based solutions in OSH

Smart PPE

Monitoring of environmental

parameters

Monitoring of worker’s

health status

Monitoring of worker’s location

Warning signalisation

Information suport

Monitoring of PPE life cycle

Adjustment of protective properties

From Narrowly Specialised Smart Systems towards integrated Cyber-Physical Systemsin CIOP-PIB

Smart PPE - Generations

1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation

Narrowly specialised embedded Smart Systems integrating sensing and activators as well as information processing for safety- and performance- focused actions

Predictive and adaptiveSmart Systems with self-test capabilities able to match harsh, high-risk and complex environments

Higher level of integration of smart manufacturing objects with human-centered & ICT-based components of a Cyber-Physical System (CPS)

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Ionic electro-active polymersShape memory materials

Phase change materials Liquid cooling system

Smart PPE – 1st Generation (1/2)

Welding helmet with Augmented Reality system

Smart PPE – 1st Generation (2/2)

Signalisation of chemicals permeation through protective gloves

Sulphuric acid Sodium hydroxide

Toluene Acetone

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Measurement system for undergarment microclimate monitoring with data logging and wireless transmission

Smart PPE – 2nd Generation (1/3)

Protective clothing against cold with active thermoregulation system

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Smart PPE – 2nd Generation (2/3)

ICT applications:

• Monitoring of environmental hazards

• Monitoring of health status

• Wireless communication network

Firefighters, chemical rescuers and mine rescuers

Intelligent PPE system for personnel in high-risk and complex environments

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Smart PPE – 2nd Generation (3/3)

RFID-based network for automatic identification and life cycle management of protective equipment

The main functions of the system are:

• Control and supervision of PPE parameters during the working day,

• Data storage on PPE "life cycle”,• Long – term monitoring of PPE "life

cycle” focused on the economic aspect,• Statistics and planning of expenditures.

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Cyber-Physical System• Integration of various

autonomous smart PPE and manufacturing objects

• New approach to occupational risk management adjusted to SWE concept

• Validation of the SWE concept in real conditions in industry

Cyber-Physical System for symbiotic and safe collaboration between workers and machinery in Smart Working Environment

A need for further research to validate the concept of SWE

More information:

Contact person: Anna Dąbrowska andab@ciop.lodz.pl

Daniel Podgórski, Katarzyna Majchrzycka, Anna Dąbrowska, Grzegorz Gralewicz & Małgorzata Okrasa (2016):

Towards a conceptual framework of OSH risk management in smart working environments based on smart PPE, ambient intelligence and the Internet of Things technologies,

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2016.1214431

Link to the article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2016.1214431