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      Advances in Wearable Piezoelectric Sensors for Hazardous Workplace Environments

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          Recent advances in wearable energy harvesting technology as solutions to occupational health and safety programs are presented. Workers are often exposed to harmful conditions—especially in the mining and construction industries—where chronic health issues can emerge over time. While wearable sensors technology can aid in early detection and long‐term exposure tracking, powering them and the associated risks are often an impediment for their widespread use, such as the need for frequent charging and battery safety. Repetitive vibration exposure is one such hazard, e.g., whole body vibration, yet it can also provide parasitic energy that can be harvested to power wearable sensors and overcome the battery limitations. This review can critically analyze the vibration effect on workers’ health, the limitations of currently available devices, explore new options for powering different personal protective equipment devices, and discuss opportunities and directions for future research. The recent progress in self‐powered vibration sensors and systems from the perspective of the underlying materials, applications, and fabrication techniques is reviewed. Lastly, the challenges and perspectives are discussed for reference to the researchers who are interested in self‐powered vibration sensors.

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          Self‐powered piezoelectric sensors are a promising technology to be incorporated into personal protective equipment devices to measure exposure to whole‐body vibration, including hand‐arm vibration syndrome and low back pain. The piezoelectric sensors can help to reduce the risk of these types of injuries and improve the overall health and safety of workers in the mining industry.

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                Contributors
                J.foroughi@unsw.edu.au
                Journal
                Glob Chall
                Glob Chall
                10.1002/(ISSN)2056-6646
                GCH2
                Global Challenges
                John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )
                2056-6646
                07 April 2023
                June 2023
                : 7
                : 6 ( doiID: 10.1002/gch2.v7.6 )
                : 2300019
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Carbon Nexus Institute for Frontier Materials Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3216 Australia
                [ 2 ] Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2500 Australia
                [ 3 ] Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2500 Australia
                [ 4 ] School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
                [ 5 ] ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
                [ 6 ] Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery West German Heart and Vascular Center University of Duisburg‐Essen Hufelandstraße 55 45122 Essen Germany
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-5213
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                GCH2202300019
                10.1002/gch2.202300019
                10242536
                37287592
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                © 2023 The Authors. Global Challenges published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH

                This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                : 15 March 2023
                : 21 February 2023
                Page count
                Figures: 14, Tables: 3, Pages: 31, Words: 13793
                Funding
                Funded by: ARC , doi 10.13039/100000163;
                Funded by: Health at the University of New South Wales
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