Smart digital systems : implementation guide for improving workers' safety and health

This implementation guide provides practical advice to employers aiming at designing workplace resources such as guidance documents (e.g. leaflets, posters, videos), training material and others to support the introduction and deployment of smart digital systems for the improvement of occupational safety and health (OSH) (e.g. wearables such as wristbands, clothing such as smart boots and smart vests, camera-based systems). Furthermore, it presents a number of cross-cutting issues and general considerations that can be useful to improve safety and health through smart digital systems. The implementation guide benefits from consultations with over 30 key stakeholders, including product manufacturers, developers, employers, workers, OSH professionals and trade unions across Europe and the world, as well as from a comparative analysis of real-world examples of workplace resources. These stakeholders have been part of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) project Overview of research and practices in relation to smart digital monitoring systems for occupational safety and health from which this publication draws on. The examples analyzed present actual workplace resources from product manufacturers of smart digital systems and OSH monitoring systems and employers implementing the systems, and cover a wide range of sectors, including industrial facilities (e.g. warehousing, manufacturing, retail), construction, engineering, mining, agriculture, healthcare and others.