1. Smart Personal Protective Equipment
in IoT-based Working Environment
Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute,
Department of Personal Protective Equipment, Poland
on a basis of solutions and concepts developed in the CIOP-PIB

2. ICT-based solutions in OSH
Smart
PPE
Monitoring of
environmental
parameters
Monitoring of
worker’s
health status
Monitoring of
worker’s
location
Warning
signalisation
Information
suport
Monitoring of
PPE life cycle
Adjustment of
protective
properties

3. From Narrowly Specialised Smart Systems towards integrated Cyber-Physical Systems
in CIOP-PIB
Smart PPE - Generations
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation
Narrowly specialised
embedded Smart
Systems integrating
sensing and activators
as well as information
processing for safety-
and performance-
focused actions
Predictive and adaptive
Smart Systems with self-
test capabilities able to
match harsh, high-risk
and complex
environments
Higher level of
integration of smart
manufacturing objects
with human-centered &
ICT-based components
of a Cyber-Physical
System (CPS)

4. 1stGeneration–
EmbeddedSystems
Ionic electro-active polymersShape memory materials
Phase change materials Liquid cooling system
Smart PPE – 1st Generation (1/2)

5. Welding helmet with Augmented Reality system
Smart PPE – 1st Generation (2/2)
Signalisation of chemicals permeation through protective gloves
Sulphuric acid Sodium
hydroxide
Toluene Acetone
1stGeneration–
EmbeddedSystems

6. 2ndGeneration–
NetworkedEmbeddedSystems
Measurement system for undergarment microclimate monitoring
with data logging and wireless transmission
Smart PPE – 2nd Generation (1/3)
Protective clothing against cold with active thermoregulation system

7. 2ndGeneration–
NetworkedEmbeddedSystems
Smart PPE – 2nd Generation (2/3)
ICT applications:
• Monitoring of environmental
hazards
• Monitoring of health status
• Wireless communication
network
Firefighters, chemical rescuers and mine rescuers
Intelligent PPE system for personnel in high-risk and complex environments

8. 2ndGeneration–
NetworkedEmbeddedSystems
Smart PPE – 2nd Generation (3/3)
RFID-based network for automatic identification and life cycle management of protective equipment
The main functions of the system are:
• Control and supervision of PPE
parameters during the working day,
• Data storage on PPE "life cycle”,
• Long – term monitoring of PPE "life
cycle” focused on the economic aspect,
• Statistics and planning of expenditures.

9. 3rdGeneration–
Cyber-PhysicalSystems
Cyber-Physical System
• Integration of various
autonomous smart PPE
and manufacturing
objects
• New approach to
occupational risk
management adjusted
to SWE concept
• Validation of the SWE
concept in real
conditions in industry
Cyber-Physical System for symbiotic and safe
collaboration between workers and machinery
in Smart Working Environment
A need for further research to validate the concept of SWE

10. More information:
Contact person: Anna Dąbrowska andab@ciop.lodz.pl
Daniel Podgórski, Katarzyna Majchrzycka, Anna Dąbrowska, Grzegorz
Gralewicz & Małgorzata Okrasa (2016):
Towards a conceptual framework of OSH risk management in smart working
environments based on smart PPE, ambient intelligence and the Internet of
Things technologies,
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics,
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2016.1214431
Link to the article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2016.1214431