Industrial electronic badge

An industrial system comprising:

• an electronic badge worn or otherwise transported by an operator of an industrial vehicle, the electronic badge comprising:
• a processor;
• a badge transceiver coupled to the processor that communicates on a first personal-area network;
• and
• a sensor that generates measurements corresponding to activity of the operator as the operator performs work tasks including counting steps taken by the operator, the measurements stored in memory of the electronic badge;
• wherein:
• the electronic badge exchanges information with a badge communicator on the industrial vehicle across the first personal-area network, the exchanged information including the measurements of the sensor, which includes the count measurements of the sensor;
• and
• an electronic message is communicated from the industrial vehicle to a remote server, the electronic message including the exchanged information collected by the industrial vehicle from the electronic badge.

An industrial system comprising:

• an electronic badge worn or otherwise transported by an operator of an industrial vehicle, the electronic badge comprising:
• a processor;
• a badge transceiver coupled to the processor that communicates on a first personal-area network;
• and
• a sensor that generates measurements corresponding to activity of the operator as the operator performs work tasks including counting a number of times the operator bends over to lift something, the measurements stored in memory of the electronic badge;
• wherein:
• the electronic badge exchanges information with a badge communicator on the industrial vehicle across the first personal-area network, the exchanged information including the measurements of the sensor, which includes the count measurements of the sensor;
• and
• an electronic message is communicated from the industrial vehicle to a remote server, the electronic message including the exchanged information collected by the industrial vehicle from the electronic badge.