Name
Title | ||
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Feasibility of Intelligent Monitoring of Construction Workers for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning |
Abstract | ||
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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 noninvasive monitoring of workers' blood gas saturation levels. To show the feasibility of monitoring for carbon monoxide poisoning without subjecting users to dangerous conditions, a prototype for monitoring blood O 2 saturation was constructed and tested during a user study involving typical construction tasks to determine its reliability while undergoing motion. As monitoring for O 2 and CO simply differ in the number of wavelengths of light employed, if monitoring O 2 is feasible, then monitoring for CO will be feasible as well. Using this equivalency, the results of this initial study show that integrating an oximeter into a construction helmet will warn the user of impending carbon monoxide poisoning with a probability greater than 99%. Note to Practitioners-This work addresses the issue of carbon monoxide exposure on construction sites. A noninvasive blood oxygen saturation sensor, called a pulse oximeter, was integrated into a typical construction helmet to investigate the reliability of continuous monitoring of construction workers. The pulse oximetry sensing technology was shown to be reliable under typical construction tasks such that a worker would be alerted of impending carbon monoxide poisoning before becoming impaired. Additional work is required with more complex tasks as well as isolating the sensor from motion artifacts generated by head movement. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1109/TASE.2012.2197390 | Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
condition monitoring,construction industry,gas sensors,occupational safety,oximetry,personnel,protective clothing,CO,blood gas saturation level,carbon monoxide exposure,carbon monoxide poisoning,construction helmet,construction worker,continuous monitoring,intelligent monitoring,noninvasive blood oxygen saturation sensor,noninvasive monitoring,pulse oximeter,pulse oximetry sensor,wearable computing system,Biomedical monitoring,human factors,reliability | Carbon monoxide poisoning,Automotive engineering,Wearable computer,Computer science,Control engineering,Carbon monoxide exposure,Construction industry,Continuous monitoring,Condition monitoring,Pulse oximetry,Forensic engineering | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
9 | 3 | 1545-5955 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
7 | 0.67 | 5 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason B. Forsyth | 1 | 7 | 0.67 |
| Thomas L. Martin | 2 | 201 | 24.17 |
| Deborah Young-Corbett | 3 | 7 | 0.67 |
| Ed Dorsa | 4 | 18 | 2.89 |