Continuous monitoring of sheep shearing for injury prevention
The goal of the project is to better understand the mechanism of injuries in sheep shearing, so that injuries can be reduced with due consideration towards productivity and other industry requirements. This project builds on previous work to establish a quantifying measure for back injury risk that can be implemented with only a few sensors, rather than a complicated full-body system that requires expertise and a long set-up/calibration process. To do this, the project will develop a simple and easy to use mobile-based sensor system that can be produced in large numbers and will measure only what is necessary for back injury risk. This will reduce the burden involved in collecting injury relevant data in real working conditions and allow for the distributed collection of data--without the presence of researchers--that can assist in evaluating or identifying new safety interventions in sheep shearing
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