Smart Hard Hat Applied in the Electric Power Industry

Abstract

Safety concerns within the substation, such as fractures, burns and wasp stings caused in the field, are addressed with the proposed solution. Risks can be avoided through tracking and communication. This paper focuses on safety improvement and increasing work efficiency in the electric substations and an overview of the entire system and its functions are presented. The extension of the hard hat was designed on Tinkercad, the 3Dprinted ring can be placed on a typical hardhat. In sequel, the corresponding mobile application is created using the Xcode 8 program and Swift 3 programming language. Feedback from utilities workers is incorporated to modify the wireless technology. Overall, the S&S Tractus incorporates six features which allow workers to complete their tasks safer and more efficiently than ever before. It provides early warnings of potential safety issues, making interdepartmental phone calls, speech recognition for note taking, a global positioning system (GPS), photo taking and headlamp adjustments.