Sensing Danger - Challenges in Supporting Health and Safety Compliance in the Field

Davies, Nigel and Efstratiou, Christos and Finney, Joe and Hooper, Rob and Kortuem, Gerd and Lowton, Mark (2007) Sensing Danger - Challenges in Supporting Health and Safety Compliance in the Field. In: Eighth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications. pp. 34-38. ISBN 978-0-7695-3001-7. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/HotMobile.2007.7) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)

Abstract

Many workers operate in environments that are inherently hazardous and that are subject to strict health and safety rules and regulations. We envisage a world in which physical work artefacts such as tools, are augmented with intelligent mobile nodes that are able to observe the working activities taking place, evaluate compliance with health and safety regulations and assist or actively enforce compliance with these regulations. This vision creates a new field of work in the area of health and safety aware intelligent mobile sensor networks. In this paper we describe a number of new challenges faced when developing mobile systems for compliance with health and safety regulations.

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Paper)
Subjects:	T Technology
Divisions:	Faculties > Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts Faculties > Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts > Digital Media
Depositing User:	Tina Thompson
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2014 14:26 UTC
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2018 10:04 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38816 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)