期刊
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
卷 96, 期 -, 页码 189-199出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.09.010
关键词
Construction workers; Falls on the same level; Insole pressure sensors; Loss of balance; Supervised machine learning
资金
- Department of Building and Real Estate of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- General Research Fund (GRF) [BRE/PolyU 152099/18E]
- GRF [BRE/PolyU 152230/18E]
Fall on the same level is the leading cause of non-fatal injuries in construction workers; however, identifying loss of balance events associated with specific unsafe surface conditions in a timely manner remain challenging. The objective of the current study was to develop a novel method to detect and classify loss of balance events that could lead to falls on the same level by using foot plantar pressure distributions data captured from wearable insole pressure sensors. Ten healthy volunteers participated in experimental trials, simulating four major loss of balance events (e.g., slip, trip, unexpected step-down, and twisted ankle) to collect foot plantar pressure distributions data. Supervised machine learning algorithms were used to learn the unique foot plantar pressure patterns, and then to automatically detect loss of balance events. We compared classification performance by varying window sizes, feature groups and types of classifiers, and the best classification accuracy (97.1%) was achieved when using the Random Forest classifier with all feature groups and a window size of 0.32 s. This study is important to researchers and site managers because it uses foot plantar pressure distribution data to objectively distinguish various potential loss of balance events associated with specific unsafe surface conditions. The proposed approach can allow practitioners to proactively conduct automated fall risk monitoring to minimize the risk of falls on the same level on sites.
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