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Development and validation of smartwatch-based activity recognition models for rigging crew workers on cable logging operations

Title:
Development and validation of smartwatch-based activity recognition models for rigging crew workers on cable logging operations
Creator:
Zimbelman, Eloise G; Keefe, Robert F.
Date Created:
2021
Description:
Analysis of high-resolution inertial sensor and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data collected by mobile and wearable devices is a relatively new methodology in forestry and safety research that provides opportunities for modeling work activities in greater detail than traditional time study analysis. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether smartwatch-based activity recognition models could quantify the activities of rigging crew workers setting and disconnecting log chokers on cable logging operations. Four productive cycle elements (travel to log, set choker, travel away, clear) were timed for choker setters and four productive cycle elements (travel to log, unhook, travel away, clear) were timed for chasers working at five logging sites in North Idaho. Each worker wore a smartwatch that recorded accelerometer data at 25 Hz. Random forest machine learning was used to develop predictive models that classified the different cycle elements based on features extracted from the smartwatch acceleration data using 15 sliding window sizes (1 to 15 s) and five window overlap levels (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 90%). Models were compared using multiclass area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve, or AUC. The best choker setter model was created using a 3-s window with 90% overlap and had sensitivity values ranging from 76.95% to 83.59% and precision values ranging from 41.42% to 97.08%. The best chaser model was created using a 1-s window with 90% overlap and had sensitivity values ranging from 71.95% to 82.75% and precision values ranging from 14.74% to 99.16%. These results have demonstrated the feasibility of quantifying forestry work activities using smartwatch-based activity recognition models, a basic step needed to develop real-time safety notifications associated with high-risk job functions and to advance subsequent, comparative analysis of health and safety metrics across stand, site, and work conditions.
Document Type:
Research Article
Subjects:
location-based services situational awareness Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) survey occupational safety Idaho cable logging Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
Location:
Northern Idaho
Latitude:
46.869607
Longitude:
-116.733856
Publisher:
Citation: Zimbelman EG, Keefe RF (2021) Development and validation of smartwatch-based activity recognition models for rigging crew workers on cable logging operations. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0250624.
Department:
University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
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"Development and validation of smartwatch-based activity recognition models for rigging crew workers on cable logging operations", UIEF Research Exchange, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/uief/items/uief_0306.html
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