Digital Training and Advanced Learning in Occupational Safety and Health Based on Modern and Affordable Technologies

Arso M Vukićević,Ivan Mačužić,Marko Djapan,Luiza Shamina,Vladimir Milićević

doi:10.3390/su132413641

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413641

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Journal: Sustainability	Publication Date: Dec 10, 2021
Citations: 4	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Kragujevac, Metropolitan University

Abstract

Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a very important issue for both practical purposes in industry and business due to numerous reasons, so a number of software, educational and industrial solutions are available. In this paper, the cloud-based mobile application for digital training and advanced learning in the field of occupational safety was presented. The proposed framework architecture was based on a novel approach: Node.JS for the server backend and the React Native for the front-end development; while MongoDB was used for implementing the cloud data storage using sensors that are all available on the Android platform. In the development of this application, a number of options were developed (using open-source software) such as the reading of a QR code, usage of built-in sensors within android platforms, reporting, and voice messages. The developed SafeST solution is presented through a real industry example. It emphasizes two main possibilities of the solution, improving OHS reporting and significant empowerment of the students in the OHS field based on the learning-by-doing approach. In this way, the additional engagement (identification, recording and reporting of UA/UC) of OSH managers has been reduced to a minimum, taking into account requested reports from management and authorities, and the continual training of the employees and preparation of the students for future working activities. The system was tested for educational purposes with the initial idea to develop an application for smartphones which could be useful and well adopted among engineering students in the OSH field.

Highlights

Establishing and managing occupational safety and health (OSH) excellence have become important tasks for modern industries, starting from construction [1], manufacturing [2,3] and aviation [4], to some other industry branches
We propose a novel cloud-based mobile application that eases employees to proactively learn and contribute to OSH
The starting point of our approach is the fact that smartphones have taken dominance over PCs in almost all areas, so that mobile devices are becoming major tools that humans use for interacting with the web

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Establishing and managing occupational safety and health (OSH) excellence have become important tasks for modern industries, starting from construction [1], manufacturing [2,3] and aviation [4], to some other industry branches. As the reasons to invest more efforts into the OSH are both ethical and financial [5], there is an increasing trend among companies and academic institutions to pay more attention to their OSH training programs. In industrial practice, it assumes providing high-quality and effective training programs for both workers in the workplace, as well as for safety engineers and managers. Certain number of literature reviews revealed a general lack of high-quality randomized trials in the field of OSH training effectiveness that meet the relevance criteria [8]

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