Strategy for Strengthening OHS Compliance through Smart Wearables in Industry 4.0 Work Environments
Keywords:
Smart Wearables, Occupational Safety And Health, Worker Compliance, Industry 4.0, Safety Behavior, IoT-based Safety MonitoringAbstract
The increasing complexity of industrial work environments in the Industry 4.0 era demands more innovative approaches to occupational safety and health (OSH) management, particularly in strengthening worker compliance with safety procedures. This study aims to analyze the effect of the utilization of smart wearable technology on worker compliance with OSH procedures in industrial work environments transitioning toward Industry 4.0. This research employed a quantitative approach with an explanatory research design. Data were collected through structured questionnaires distributed to 125 workers selected via purposive sampling from industrial units with high occupational risk exposure. Data analysis was conducted using simple linear regression, hypothesis testing (t-test), and coefficient of determination (R²). The results demonstrate that smart wearables utilization has a significant positive effect on worker OSH compliance (B = 0.712; t = 9.365; p = 0.000), with the technology explaining 52.0% of the variance in compliance behavior (R² = 0.520). These findings confirm that real-time monitoring capabilities, hazard notification systems, and physiological condition tracking embedded in wearable devices serve as key mechanisms in reinforcing safe work behavior. Nevertheless, the remaining 48.0% of variance suggests that organizational safety culture, training quality, and management supervision remain critical complementary factors. Smart wearables should therefore be strategically integrated within a comprehensive OSH management ecosystem to achieve sustainable compliance improvement in the Industry 4.0 context.
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