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Better Safe than Sorry: Boosting Workplace Safety with Interactive Textiles
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
2019 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Better Safe than Sorry : Boosting Workplace Safety with Interactive Textiles (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Despite various safety regulations and procedures, work accidents remain a significant problem in the global process industry as well as the Swedish steel industry. In order to address personal safety and safety culture, wearable alert systems based on Internet of Things (IoT) technology were prototyped and tested with steel workers in iterative workshops following the Constructive Design Research approach.

Results show that interactive textile patches worn on the protection gear are a simple way of transmitting personal alerts with light. Another crucial design factor is to enable the communication between the worker, peers and the control room. The visual design can positively impact the acceptance of the patch, but only adds minimal value to the safety culture. The present study contributes to the field research by approaching work place safety and culture with new, innovative IoT and e-textile technologies.

Abstract [sv]

Trots olika säkerhetsbestämmelser och förfaranden förmlir arbetsolyckor ett betydande problem i den globala processindustrin såväl som den svenska stålindustrin. För att ta itu med personlig säkerhet och säkerhetskultur, ett bärbart varningssystem baserade på Internet of Things (IoT)-teknologi prototyperades och testades med stålarbetare i iterativa workshops enligt Constructive Design Research-metoden.

Resultat visar att interaktiva textillappar som bärs på skyddsutrustningen är ett enkelt sätt att överföra personliga varningar med ljus. En annan viktig designfaktor är att möjliggöra kommunikation mellan arbetaren, kollegor och kontrollrummet. Den visuella designen kan påverka acceptansen av patchen positivt, men lägger bara till minimalt värde för säkerhetskulturen. Den föreliggande studien bidrar till fältforskningen genom att närma sig arbetsplatsens säkerhet och kultur med nya, innovativa teknologier för IoToch e-textilier.

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2019. , p. 15
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TRITA-EECS-EX ; 2019:233
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-257492OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-257492DiVA, id: diva2:1347237
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