Worker Condition Monitoring

LOCATION: PENNSYLVANIA, USA
PHASE: PILOT
PRIMARY USE CASES: EXERTION AND HEAT STRESS MONITORING AND ALERTS

Challenges:

At this coke facility, coal is heated to about 1250ºC in coke ovens, exposing workers in these areas to extreme heat. The summer months can be especially dangerous. Relying scheduled breaks and buddy systems left workers vulnerable to heat-related injury. With increasing evidence that heat stress plays a role in a greater array of workplace injuries, the team needed a solution that allowed for preventative action, based on real-time worksite and worker conditions.

Solutions:

This client deployed the Guardhat connected worker condition monitoring solution to monitor biometric information at the worker level, including core body temperature, ambient temperature, heart rate, exertion levels and more. The system allows for individualized thresholds and automated alerts on when workers need check-ins or breaks, before they are in trouble.

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