Analysis of construction trade worker body motions using a wearable and wireless motion sensor network

E Valero, A Sivanathan, F Bosché… - Automation in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomechanical analysis of construction workers has been considerably improved with the
development of wearable sensors. Information delivered by these systems is playing an …

Wearable inertial measurement unit sensing system for musculoskeletal disorders prevention in construction

J Zhao, E Obonyo, S G. Bilén - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Construction workers executing manual-intensive tasks are susceptible to musculoskeletal
disorders (MSDs) due to overexposure to awkward postures. Automated posture recognition …

Automatic biomechanical workload estimation for construction workers by computer vision and smart insoles

Y Yu, H Li, W Umer, C Dong, X Yang… - Journal of Computing …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Construction workers are commonly subject to ergonomic risks due to awkward working
postures or lifting/carrying heavy objects. Accordingly, accurate ergonomic assessment is …

[PDF][PDF] ESTIMATING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS'PHYSICAL WORKLOAD BY FUSING COMPUTER VISION AND SMART INSOLE TECHNOLOGIES

Y Yu, H Li, X Yang, W Umer - ISARC. Proceedings of the …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Construction workers are commonly subjected to ergonomic risks due to awkward postures
and/or excessive manual material handling. Accurate ergonomic assessment will facilitate …

Wearable sensing technology applications in construction safety and health

CR Ahn, SH Lee, C Sun, H Jebelli, K Yang… - Journal of Construction …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The advent of wearable sensing technologies has produced unprecedented opportunities
for the near real-time collection and analysis of workers' safety and health data. To …

Personalized method for self-management of trunk postural ergonomic hazards in construction rebar ironwork

X Yan, H Li, H Zhang, TM Rose - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2018 - Elsevier
Construction rebar workers face postural ergonomic hazards that can lead to work-related
Lower Back Disorders (LBDs), primarily due to their prolonged awkward working postures …

Musculoskeletal disorders in construction: A review and a novel system for activity tracking with body area network

E Valero, A Sivanathan, F Bosché, M Abdel-Wahab - Applied ergonomics, 2016 - Elsevier
Human body motions have been analysed for decades with a view on enhancing
occupational well-being and performance of workers. On-going progresses in miniaturised …

Analysis of the limits of automated rule-based ergonomic assessment in bricklaying

JH Ryu, MM Diraneyya, CT Haas… - Journal of …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Physically demanding and repetitive tasks expose workers to work-related musculoskeletal
disorders (WMSDs). Over the last few decades, various rule-based postural assessment …

Validating ambulatory gait assessment technique for hazard sensing in construction environments

K Yang, CR Ahn, H Kim - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
Wearable sensing technology offers the opportunity to collect an individual's physical
response data in occupational settings; recent studies highlight the usefulness of such data …

Deep learning-based classification of work-related physical load levels in construction

K Yang, CR Ahn, H Kim - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are the leading cause of the nonfatal
injuries for construction workers, and a worker's overexertion is a major source of such …