Privacy and security in the use of wearable internet of things for construction safety and health monitoring Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract Due to the dynamic and complex nature of construction sites, the conventional method of construction safety monitoring which relies mainly on manual observation by inspectors is highly susceptible to human errors, is time-consuming, and is also becoming increasingly difficult to identify all incidents. Wearable Internet of Things (WIoT) in the construction industry creates a lot of opportunities for safety and health management such as identifying real-time locations of workers, body temperature, heart rate, stress level, and breathing rate, which can all be used to ensure that workers are always in safe environments and good health conditions. The use of WIoT for safety and health monitoring however presents research need on the privacy and security of the construction safety and health data collected, transmitted, and processed over the internet. This study examines the concept of privacy and security in WIoT, the security challenges, infrastructure requirements, and legal issues associated with WIoT. A review of privacy and security regulations for safety and health data is also presented in this paper. This study is expected to generate scientific information that can be used to develop an effective privacy and security framework to foster the adoption and implementation of IoT-based wearable sensing devices (WSDs) for safety and health monitoring in construction.

published proceedings

  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

author list (cited authors)

  • Okonkwo, C., Awolusi, I., & Nnaji, C.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Okonkwo, C||Awolusi, I||Nnaji, C

publication date

  • January 2022