Workplace safety remains a critical global issue with significant human and economic consequences. Each year, nearly 3 million people lose their lives due to occupational accidents or work-related diseases, while an estimated 395 million non-fatal workplace injuries result in at least four days of absence from work – amounting to over one million serious injuries daily.
- Acknowledgments
- Executive summary
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Image: WIPO 1 Introduction
This chapter provides a background to workplace well-being within the context of occupational health and safety (OHS). It explores OHS, highlighting its role in mitigating risks and enhancing employee safety, while also outlining the research methodology adopted for this patent landscape report, detailing the scope of the patent analysis and data collection derived from global patent databases to map the trends and technological advancements in OHS solutions.
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Image: WIPO 2 Overview of occupational health and safety (OHS) technologies
This chapter provides an overview of OHS technologies, segmented into Prediction, Detection and Protection solutions. It explores their impact across the main industrial sectors: construction, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, service, logistics, and mining. Analyzing patents highlights how OHS technologies address workplace risks, enhancing safety and efficiency within diverse sectors through innovative OHS advancements.
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Image: WIPO 3 Patent trends shaping the OHS industry
Technology trends covering global patenting activity, patent growth and development are explored in this chapter within the context of OHS technologies across Prediction, Detection and Protection. It identifies the top offices of first filing and leading patent owners, whilst also looking beyond patents to provide insights into the market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and economic landscapes influencing OHS innovation.
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Image: WIPO 4 Prediction technologies: anticipating workplace hazards
This chapter overviews Prediction technologies anticipating workplace hazards in the occupational health and safety (OHS) patent landscape. It analyzes global patenting activity, patent growth, and development, highlighting top offices of first filing and leading patent owners. Additionally, it showcases benchmark inventions in Prediction technologies, illustrating innovative advancements that enhance proactive risk mitigation in workplaces worldwide.
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Image: WIPO 5 Detection technologies: identifying and monitoring risks
This chapter overviews Detection technologies for identifying and monitoring risks in the occupational health and safety (OHS) patent landscape. It examines global patenting activity, periodic patent growth, and development, spotlighting top offices of first filing and leading patent owners. It also highlights benchmark inventions in Detection technologies, showcasing innovations that improve real-time risk assessment in workplaces globally.
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Image: WIPO 6 Protection technologies: mitigating workplace risks
This chapter overviews Protection technologies mitigating workplace risks in the occupational health and safety (OHS) patent landscape. It assesses global patenting activity, periodic patent growth, and development, identifying top offices of first filing and leading patent owners. It also highlights benchmark inventions in Protection technologies, demonstrating innovative solutions that enhance workplace safety and risk reduction worldwide.
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Image: WIPO 7 Tomorrow’s occupational health and safety
This chapter explores how evolving technologies like AI-driven prediction – with significant growth over recent years – connected wearables, and advanced analytics are transforming workplace safety. It highlights trends in key industries, for example construction and manufacturing, alongside innovations in biocompatible PPE, exoskeletons, IoT monitoring, and VR training that are shaping a proactive, data-driven future for risk management.
- Appendices
- Copyright