Embedded IoT-based Monitoring Utility for Safety Management and Access Control

Ugwechi Wejie-Okachi; Tamuno-Omie Joyce Alalibo; Emmanuel Chinweikpe Obuah

In an industrial workplace, the safety of human lives and properties are key functions of the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) department. In this work, an industrial automation monitoring system based on IoT was designed and implemented to assist in access control and safety management in a storage facility of an Industrial plant. The monitoring utility detects the alcohol levels of employees before they enter the facility. It further continuously checks the environment for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) leakage and any possibilities for a fire outbreak, then sends out real-time alert/alarm notifications to the HSE department, fire office, security units and other authorized personnel through the industry’s website and a dedicated GSM line. The system’s sensor modules, consisting of alcohol, LPG and fire sensors, measure the parameters and sends the relevant data to the microcontrollers for processing. The NodeMCU activates the IoT-based alert mode by sending the processed data to the ThingSpeak platform, SMS and website to be accessed by authorized employees. The system, while sending out the alert, also activates the fire suppression system via the sprinkler circuit. With this IoT-based monitoring system, the industrial storage facility urgently carried out necessary actions that prevented and minimized workplace hazards due to intoxicated employees showing up at work, potential LPG leakage and fire outbreaks.

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• Volume 12,Issue 2,Mar. 2021

Year:

2021

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

HSE; IoT Technology; Safety Management; Access Control; Node MCU; ThingSpeak

Journal:

IJECCE

Volume:

12

Number:

2

Pages:

10-20

Month:

March

ISSN:

2249-071X