A Smart Badge Implementation on Electrical Power Sector for Safety Improvement for Workforce - A Study Case

The immersion of sensors in the industry, through Internet of Things (IoT) concept, has brought many opportunities for operational improvements in power electrical sector. In a more specific sense, the on-field activities carried out by utilities workforce, can become safer with the use of IoT sensors. This technology transmits data related to courses capacitation and electricians' certification. This type of data is regulated and supervised by regulatory agents in the electrical sector, and inspection are performed periodically by the utilities in order to guarantee the safety criteria established by the regulation. In that sense, this paper aims to present the implementation of a smart badge, which communicates with the inspector's mobile devices in order to make a more dynamic and feasible inspection solution for field activities. The presented solution implements courses and PPE (Personal protective equipment) management features, in order to guarantee and safeguard the life of employees who perform in on-field activities. In addition, it provides an update of inspection information in real time, in order to improve the management of training and PPE. The obtained results are derived from the Urban Futurability project, carried out by ENEL Sao Paulo Distribuicao in the framework of the Brazilian regulator's R&D program.