Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring

The safety situation in the construction industry across the world has been complicated for a long time, and the high incidence of accidents poses great challenges to this situation. Research on occupational safety and health indicates that people are prone to misconduct or unsafe behavior when they...

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Main Authors: XU Ming-wei, JIN Long-zhe, ZHANG Lin, YU Lu, LIU Jian-guo, TIAN Xing-hua
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Published: Science Press 2018-06-01
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Online Access:http://cje.ustb.edu.cn/article/doi/10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2018.06.015
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JIN Long-zhe
ZHANG Lin
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TIAN Xing-hua
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description The safety situation in the construction industry across the world has been complicated for a long time, and the high incidence of accidents poses great challenges to this situation. Research on occupational safety and health indicates that people are prone to misconduct or unsafe behavior when they are tired. A large number of accident analyses show that fatigue is one of the most important reasons for accidents. When the human body enters into a fatigue state, the physiological parameters change accordingly. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) on physiological fatigue in a sustained bricklaying task. A mathematical model was proposed for evaluating physiological fatigue. Five male healthy participants were selected to imitate construction by engaging in bricklaying on an 86 cm platform. HRV data were collected every 30 min during the sustained task, and heart rate was measured every minute. Analysis of variance, one-sample t-test, and nonlinear curve fitting were adopted in this study. Physiological fatigue shows a significant change with heart rate fluctuation (significant level α=0.05, Pα=0.05, P>0.05). The trend of the physiological fatigue curve follows a cubic function. The nonlinear curve fitting results (R2=0.8892) show that the development trend of physiological fatigue shows an "S" trend, which can be divided into the following three stages:fatigue adjustment period, fatigue stability period, and fatigue instability period. Proper rest in the fatigue failure period (In this experiment, it was about 90 min.) can slow or delay physiological fatigue.
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spelling doaj-art-68848b29e0b5494e90e31f06199032f32025-08-20T01:47:51ZzhoScience Press工程科学学报2095-93892018-06-0140676076510.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2018.06.015Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoringXU Ming-wei0JIN Long-zhe1ZHANG Lin2YU Lu3LIU Jian-guo4TIAN Xing-hua51) School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China1) School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China2) State Administration of Work Safety Training Center, Beijing 100010, China1) School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China1) School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China1) School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, ChinaThe safety situation in the construction industry across the world has been complicated for a long time, and the high incidence of accidents poses great challenges to this situation. Research on occupational safety and health indicates that people are prone to misconduct or unsafe behavior when they are tired. A large number of accident analyses show that fatigue is one of the most important reasons for accidents. When the human body enters into a fatigue state, the physiological parameters change accordingly. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) on physiological fatigue in a sustained bricklaying task. A mathematical model was proposed for evaluating physiological fatigue. Five male healthy participants were selected to imitate construction by engaging in bricklaying on an 86 cm platform. HRV data were collected every 30 min during the sustained task, and heart rate was measured every minute. Analysis of variance, one-sample t-test, and nonlinear curve fitting were adopted in this study. Physiological fatigue shows a significant change with heart rate fluctuation (significant level α=0.05, Pα=0.05, P>0.05). The trend of the physiological fatigue curve follows a cubic function. The nonlinear curve fitting results (R2=0.8892) show that the development trend of physiological fatigue shows an "S" trend, which can be divided into the following three stages:fatigue adjustment period, fatigue stability period, and fatigue instability period. Proper rest in the fatigue failure period (In this experiment, it was about 90 min.) can slow or delay physiological fatigue.http://cje.ustb.edu.cn/article/doi/10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2018.06.015construction workerphysiological fatigueheart rate variabilityrelative heart ratefatigue monitoring
spellingShingle XU Ming-wei
JIN Long-zhe
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LIU Jian-guo
TIAN Xing-hua
Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
工程科学学报
construction worker
physiological fatigue
heart rate variability
relative heart rate
fatigue monitoring
title Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
title_full Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
title_fullStr Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
title_full_unstemmed Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
title_short Research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
title_sort research on the fatigue of construction workers by heart rate monitoring
topic construction worker
physiological fatigue
heart rate variability
relative heart rate
fatigue monitoring
url http://cje.ustb.edu.cn/article/doi/10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2018.06.015
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