Paper Info
Title
Feasibility study of a wearable carbon monoxide warning system for construction workers
Abstract
This paper presents a feasibility study of a wearable computing system to protect construction workers from carbon monoxide poisoning. A pulse oximetry sensor has been integrated into a typical construction helmet to allow continuous and non-invasive monitoring of workers' blood saturation levels. To show the feasibility of monitoring for carbon monoxide poisoning without subjecting users to dangerous conditions, a prototype for monitoring blood O2 was constructed and tested during a user study involving typical construction tasks to determine its reliability while undergoing motion. Because monitoring for blood O2 and CO involve the same principles and technologies, if monitoring O2 is feasible, then monitoring for CO will be feasible as well. The results of this initial study show that integrating an oximeter into a construction helmet will warn the user of impeding carbon monoxide poisoning with a probability greater than 99%.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/PERCOM.2011.5767592
PerCom
Keywords
Field
DocType
carbon monoxide poisoning,construction worker,blood saturation level,non-invasive monitoring,typical construction task,wearable carbon monoxide warning,construction helmet,feasibility study,typical construction helmet,initial study show,blood o2,carbon monoxide,sensors,wearable computers,carbon,prototypes,construction industry,occupational safety
Warning system,Carbon monoxide poisoning,Automotive engineering,Wearable computer,Computer science,Simulation,Construction industry,Carbon monoxide,Distributed computing,Pulse oximetry
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2474-2503
0
0.34
References 
Authors
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jason B. Forsyth100.68
Thomas L. Martin220124.17
Deborah Young-Corbett300.34
Ed Dorsa4182.89