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http://dx.doi.org/10.5573/ieie.2017.54.3.39

Construction Site Safety Management System Using ZigBee Communication  

Lee, ChangHo (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, KangHee (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, JiWon (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
Choi, SangBang (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers / v.54, no.3, 2017 , pp. 39-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, looking at construction sites with either large or small scale, accidents like collision, fall, etc. occur often. These accidents lead to not only damage of human lives but also serious economic loss. In case of large scale constructions sites, safety management systems are used to reduce industrial accidents. However in construction sites with small scale, those systems cannot be applied due to problems such as lack of compatability and high installation expense. In this case, just by putting on safety gears can also reduce industrial accidents. Therefore, in this paper, a safety management systems that can be used at both large and small scale construction sites is proposed. This safety management system consists of a smart module, a repeater and a gateway, and a monitoring system. The smart module, which is detachable, is attached to a safety helmet. This module transfers the current status of the user to the monitoring system through the repeater and the gateway. The repeater transfers the data received from the smart module to the gateway, and the gateway sends the data from the repeater to the monitoring system. The monitoring system shows the user status to the safety supervisor by displaying the data - temperature, height, intensity of illumination, images - received from the smart module. The safety supervisor can monitor the user status in real-time and take immediate action in case of emergency through this monitoring system.
Keywords
smart helmet; safety(crash) helmet; wireless(radio) communication;
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