Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection
Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been designed in such a way to reduce accident rates. Unfortunately, existing PPE is rather ineffective as it is not able to provide warning signals when hazard is around. The integration of intelligent systems is envisaged to increase the efficien...
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| description | Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been designed in such a way to reduce accident rates. Unfortunately, existing PPE is rather ineffective as it is not able to provide warning signals when hazard is around. The integration of intelligent systems is envisaged to increase the efficiency of existing PPE. Methods: This project designed a safety vest incorporated with metal detectors which can provide immediate warning to the field workers when there is metal hazard around. This product has greater freedom of design via smart manufacturing as it involves the assembly of few commercially available parts into a single entity. Briefly, the metal detector is a do it yourself (DIY) kit, and the safety vest is purchasable from any local market. The DIY kit was connected to a copper coil and being sewed into the safety vest. Results: The metal detector induces beeping sound when there is metal hazard around. A total of 121 engineering students were introduced to the prototype before being requested to answer a survey associated with the design. Respondents have rated >3.00/5.00 for the design simplicity, ease of usage, and light weight. Meanwhile, respondents suggested that the design should be further improved by increasing the metal detection range. Conclusion: It is envisaged that the introduction of this smart safety vest will allow the workers to carry out their duties securely by reducing the accident rates. Particularly, such design is expected to reduce workplace accident especially during night time at construction sites where the visibility is low. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c1c9dd1caa04b29b902ed396eeb12582023-09-02T21:44:30ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112020-12-01114537542Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal ProtectionSalini D. Rajendran0Siti N. Wahab1Swee P. Yeap2Department of Logistics Management, Faculty of Business & Information Science, UCSI University, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaDepartment of Logistics Management, Faculty of Business & Information Science, UCSI University, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Corresponding author. Department of Logistics Management, Faculty of Business & Information Science, UCSI University, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Built Environment, UCSI University, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Corresponding author. Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Built Environment, UCSI University, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been designed in such a way to reduce accident rates. Unfortunately, existing PPE is rather ineffective as it is not able to provide warning signals when hazard is around. The integration of intelligent systems is envisaged to increase the efficiency of existing PPE. Methods: This project designed a safety vest incorporated with metal detectors which can provide immediate warning to the field workers when there is metal hazard around. This product has greater freedom of design via smart manufacturing as it involves the assembly of few commercially available parts into a single entity. Briefly, the metal detector is a do it yourself (DIY) kit, and the safety vest is purchasable from any local market. The DIY kit was connected to a copper coil and being sewed into the safety vest. Results: The metal detector induces beeping sound when there is metal hazard around. A total of 121 engineering students were introduced to the prototype before being requested to answer a survey associated with the design. Respondents have rated >3.00/5.00 for the design simplicity, ease of usage, and light weight. Meanwhile, respondents suggested that the design should be further improved by increasing the metal detection range. Conclusion: It is envisaged that the introduction of this smart safety vest will allow the workers to carry out their duties securely by reducing the accident rates. Particularly, such design is expected to reduce workplace accident especially during night time at construction sites where the visibility is low.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791120303024Metal detectorSafety vestSmart PPEWorkplace accident |
| spellingShingle | Salini D. Rajendran Siti N. Wahab Swee P. Yeap Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection Safety and Health at Work Metal detector Safety vest Smart PPE Workplace accident |
| title | Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection |
| title_full | Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection |
| title_short | Design of a Smart Safety Vest Incorporated With Metal Detector Kits for Enhanced Personal Protection |
| title_sort | design of a smart safety vest incorporated with metal detector kits for enhanced personal protection |
| topic | Metal detector Safety vest Smart PPE Workplace accident |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791120303024 |
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