Deploying Smartwatch Technology to Measure and Mitigate Heat Stress Among Maritime Transportation Workers

Details

• Creators:
  Akpanoko, Najma ; Abkowitz, Mark ; Dash, Ishita
• Corporate Creators:
  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC) ; Vanderbilt University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Heat
  • Occupational safety
  • Measuring instruments
  • Monitoring
  • Physiological stress
  • Shipyard personnel
  • Human factors
  • Transportation safety
  • Data analysis
  • Technology
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC)
• Abstract:
  This phase of the research focused on establishing the scientific, technical, and operational feasibility of deploying smartwatch-based heat stress monitoring systems, with the following objectives:• Identify and validate physiological and environmental indicators of heat stress relevant to an individual’s work environment.• Evaluate the capability of commercially available smartwatch technology to measure these indicators in work environment settings• Assess predictive modeling approaches capable of estimating heat stress risk in real time using integrated physiological and environmental data• Develop a conceptual closed-loop feedback framework for early heat stress detection and intervention.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3552348331
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/91235/dot_91235_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 481.87 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:247f5bfeb96e73305ca13c5f7db0f1eb7cbd499610f3025fcc41019d70676e66d9a844af766c9c5a28f4ceaa25e2581fd22e47b16b41f508616d16a8c2383bf9