Development of disaster prevention solution in extremely dangerous industrial environment based on P2P sensor network

Industrial safety refers to the prevention of industrial accidents by limiting the factors that cause them. In other words, it encompasses all the activities required to safeguard and maintain industrial facilities and protect workers from all health issues caused by the disasters or accidents incurred by industrial activities. However, inadequate industrial safety education, a lack of preventative systems, and a lack of predictive facilities have led to frequent industrial accidents. These industrial accidents increase economic losses and lead to an increase also in the number of workers’ deaths and injuries. The objective of the study presented in this paper was therefore to develop a disaster prevention system to ensure the safety of workers in extreme industrial fields. In the system, peer-to-peer (P2P) sensor network technology is applied to allow the status of the worksite to be monitored in real time by the general management center, field manager, and workers in the industrial field. For the system, we developed a smartphone application that transmits the results of a harmful gas detection module and a workplace escape map, and designed a structure that connects the management center and field workers through a wireless communication repeater. In addition, we propose an integrated system that collects disaster information in real time through the P2P sensor network system. In the future, when disasters occur, the person in charge and the manager will be able to transmit information in real time, which will all owa rapid response to situations.