Implementing a Risk Assessment System of Electric Welders’ Muscle Injuries for Working Posture Detection with AI Technology

Abstract

Maintaining health and safety is essential for workers’ quality of life, and thus, this has become one of the main priorities for industrial enterprises. Electric welders want required safety precautions to be implemented during work in industries with safety risks, especially muscle injuries. This challenge needs to be addressed by the safety officer, who should suggest a way to decrease the risk for workers. However, traditional assessment based on human evaluation and the need for expertise and accuracy in risk assessment have produced muscle injuries. Thus, using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to mitigate risk assessment is cost-effective and accurate. This study proposed a risk assessment system for muscle injuries (RASMI) with AI technology to assess electric welder postures with rapid entire body assessment (REBA) standards to identify the cause of muscle injuries and to warn electric welders when their pose may be a risk. The findings showed that the system can effectively and precisely evaluate the risk assessment of electric welders’ muscle injuries. Additional results showed that they perceive using AI technology to enhance wellness positively in terms of working with warnings for posture adjustment or behavior that can significantly affect an operator’s long-term health and well-being.