What is it about?

In construction, the real-time monitoring of the worker is necessary for ensuring safety in terms of health and accidents. The technology advancement in the sensors and wireless communication technology has inspired to implement Internet of Things (IoT) real-time monitoring in construction site. With this motivation, in this study we have proposed a system that is powered with long range (LoRa) and IEEE 802.15.4 based Zigbee communication for real-time implementation. Worker health monitoring mote, helmet detection mote, shoe detection mote, and glove detection mote are the primary components of the proposed system. In addition to this, a local server is embedded to supervise all the primary components and interconnect with gateway to log the real-time data on the cloud server for real-time implementation. As proof of concept, one of primary component i.e., health monitoring mote is implemented in the construction site to measure temperature and pulse rate of the work. In future, the remain components will be implemented in construction site, for the implementation of complete system in real-time. The current study enables to monitor the worker in the construction site and assist to respond immediately in case of emergency.

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Why is it important?

The construction sector is identified as important economic backbone of a country due to multiple categories of construction projects along with the importance of huge end users. Construction projects are highly beneficial but they are usually vulnerable to a range of unknown hazards and remain one of the riskiest sectors to work with because of events at all occurrences. In this an IoT enabled automated PPE kit is proposed for detecting the status of worker (i.e., Wearing PPE kit or not). The system monitors the health status and the identification of the worker through sensory system and communication protocol like IEEE 802.15.4.

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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations.

Vaseem Akram Shaik

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This page is a summary of: LoRa enabled Real-time Monitoring of Workers in Building Construction Site, International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research, March 2022, FOREX Publication,
DOI: 10.37391/ijeer.100106.
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