Atentiveness for Potential Accidents at the Construction Site: Virtual Reality Test Environment with Tactile Warnings for Behavior Tests in Hazardous Situations
PubDate: September 2019
Teams: Universität Bochum
Writers: Markus Jelonek；Thomas Herrmann
Abstract
Construction sites are still considered to be one of the most dangerous working environments for human beings. In 2017, approximately one third of all fatal accidents at a workplace in Germany occurred in the construction industry. To a certain extent, this is because double tasks are performed continuously in this rather dynamic working environment: On the one hand, construction workers have to carry out their work tasks and on the other hand, they have to take into account their own safety. This paper presents a concept for a test environment based on virtual reality, which should make it possible to realistically design several hazard scenarios and examine to what extent the chosen type of vibration-based warnings helps to avoid danger in hazardous situations. Finally, different challenges for such a test environment will be discussed.
