PROBLEM?
An ageing workforce paired with a declining manual labour supply has started to give long-term implications to the commercial viability of industries that require sustained physical activities.
As people age, they begin to lose muscular strength, range of movement and dexterity, as well as a decline in vision and hearing loss with reduced mobility. Older workers are also more vulnerable to fall injuries. It is within the Construction industry that our group came together to help improve the ageing workforce and help shift change with the mindset around ladders.
Provention
System at work
Our system is a two-part system, the first part being a sensory system that alerts the user to mistakes that might be being made and acts as an automatic response system to allow people to realise their mistakes and when they're putting themselves in unsafe situations.
Goals
Our goal with this system is to create a system that stops preventable injuries and ensures that the user stays safe and learns from mistakes as they make them.
Outcome
We want to create a teaching device that allows people to recognise their mistakes before they make them.
- The sensor system is strapped to the top rung of a ladder.
- To set it up is easy, make sure it is securely fastened and tightened in place to ensure that it doesn’t move around, this will help to stop the product from giving inaccurate data.
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Protection
System at work
The second part of the system is directly related to protection. For this product to be implemented well it really needs to not disrupt a tradespersons workflow because otherwise if it is uncomfortable, or is restrictive people will take it off so for us wearability is a really important feature.
Material
The material of choice is D30 which is a highly durable and impact-protective material that protects against straight-on impacts, piercings and cuttings, this is really important as a worksite isn’t always going to be flat and sparse there is often material and sharp objects or tools left lying around that could pierce and potentially kill someone. It is also a light and malleable material that allows for good moveability of the user so it should have a very minimal impact on a person’s ability to do their job.
Material
The material of choice is D30 which is a highly durable and impact-protective material that protects against straight-on impacts, piercings and cuttings, this is really important as a worksite isn’t always going to be flat and sparse there is often material and sharp objects or tools left lying around that could pierce and potentially kill someone. It is also a light and malleable material that allows for good moveability of the user so it should have a very minimal impact on a person’s ability to do their job.
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