IBM Maximo Worker Insights components

The IBM® Maximo® Worker Insights solution uses IoT data from wearables, environmental sensors, and other sources to help improve workplace safety, drive compliance with safety policies, and help protect workers from risks.

The IBM Maximo Worker Insights solution focuses on issues that workers might experience in the workplace such as overexertion, falls, high or low temperature, high or low humidity in the environment, and proximity to dangerous machinery.

For an overview video that demonstrates the IBM Maximo Worker Insights solution, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV16qJGSVLY.

Worker Insights mobile app

The mobile app is installed on mobile devices of workers and supervisors. The app has a worker mode and a supervisor mode.

Worker mode

In worker mode, the mobile app notifies the worker of risks in the workplace in the form of early alerts and personalized advice on the worker's mobile phone. If a worker is approaching a dangerous area, for example, visual and audible notifications occur on the worker's mobile phone and prompt the worker to acknowledge the risks.

When workers start their shift, they do these general steps:

Open the app on their mobile device.
Activate the sensors that are associated with their equipment. When the worker activates the sensors, a connection is established between the mobile app, the sensors, and the IBM® Maximo® Worker Insights service.
After the sensors are connected, tap Start Shift.

Supervisor mode

In supervisor mode, the mobile app notifies the supervisor when a worker is, for example, in a dangerous area or is experiencing a biometric issue, such as a high heart rate. If a worker has an issue, such as a fall or their vital signs are approaching heat exhaustion, the supervisor is notified and can take the necessary action to minimize or avoid harm to the worker.

IBM Maximo Worker Insights dashboard

Administrators, operators, supervisors, and safety officers use the dashboard for the following tasks:

To administer the IBM Maximo Worker Insights service.

The dashboard is used for tasks such as adding users, defining organization hierarchy, and adding floor plans and schematics. The dashboard is also used for assigning the appropriate protection, called shields, to the workers, based on the sensors that are associated with each worker.
To monitor hazards.

Supervisors and operators can access the dashboard to see, for example, all hazards that are generated by workers. The dashboard shows schematics of floors so that they can see some of the impending dangers that might exist for workers, such as workers who are approaching a restricted zone.

Safety officers use the dashboard for the following tasks:

To analyze the data for trends.

Safety officers can filter data and view visualizations to see current and historical hazard trends across the organization.

Shield engine

A shield is a key building block of the IBM Maximo Worker Insights solution.

Shields run in the IBM Maximo Worker Insights shield engine on IBM® Streams, which is not directly accessible to users.

A shield is a specific protection that provides alerts so that the supervisor or worker can react faster and reduce the effect of the event. For example, a company puts measures in place to shield workers from hazardous conditions. The IBM Maximo Worker Insights solution provides shields to protect against those potential risks. For example, an unusual increase in heart rate can trigger a High Heart Rate shield, at which point the worker and supervisor are notified of the event.

The shield engine identifies all of the following information:

Type of hazard, for example, Panic button was pressed
User account of the sensor that sent the hazard
Any shields that are associated with the account

If the collected information meets a set of criteria that is defined by the shield, hazard events are sent from the mobile app to the IBM Maximo Worker Insights service. The hazard is dispatched to the dashboard and the supervisor mode of the mobile app.

The appropriate action can be taken based on the information that the shield engine identifies.

REST APIs

Several REST APIs are available for IBM Maximo Worker Insights. For more information, see Extending the solution with APIs.

More information

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