Samsung Electronics joined hands with the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) to advance a "heat stress management system" to prevent heat-related illnesses among outdoor workers at industrial sites.
The system links Samsung Electronics' AI-based enterprise solution "SmartThings Pro" with the Galaxy Watch LTE model to manage workers' safety status in the cloud. As a key feature of the "SmartThings Pro safety management solution" unveiled in Sep. 2025, it analyzes individual risk levels by combining environmental information such as on-site temperature and humidity with biometric data including heart rate and activity level.
The solution also reflects the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL)'s response standards for each heat wave level. If the perceived on-site temperature is 33 degrees or higher, it is considered a heat wave advisory; 35 degrees or higher, a heat wave warning; and 38 degrees or higher, a severe warning, triggering alerts on the manager dashboard. Based on this, managers can send rest recommendations or caution alerts to the watches worn by workers. The system is currently being applied at the construction site for a new semiconductor production line at Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus.
Samsung Electronics also improved prediction accuracy through collaboration with the University of Incheon and Samsung Medical Center. With the University of Incheon research team, it enhanced an algorithm that predicts core body temperature in real time using height, weight, sex, age, work environment, and heart rate patterns. With the Samsung Medical Center Data Science Research Institute, it verified through clinical validation the consistency between bodily responses under heat stress and the algorithm's predictions.