Sensor networks or smart artifacts? an exploration of organizational issues of an industrial health and safety monitoring system

Authors:
Gerd Kortuem;David Alford;Linden Ball;Jerry Busby;Nigel Davies;Christos Efstratiou;Joe Finney;Marian Iszatt White;Katharina Kinder
Affiliations:
Computing Department, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Computing Department, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Computing Department, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Computing Department, InfoLab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Venue:
UbiComp '07 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Industrial health and safety is an important yet largely unexplored application area of ubiquitous computing. In this paper we investigate the relationship between technology and organization in the context of a concrete industrial health and safety system. The system is designed to reduce the number of incidents of "vibration white finger" (VWF) at construction sites and uses wireless sensor nodes for monitoring workers' exposure to vibrations and testing of compliance with legal health and safety regulations. In particular we investigate the impact of this ubiquitous technology on the relationship between management and operatives, the formulation of health and safety rules and the risk perception and risk behavior of operatives. In addition, we contrast sensornetwork inspired and smart artifact inspired compliance systems, and make the case that these technology models have a strong influence on the linkage between technology and organization.