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Jack Wesley works in a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, and his job involves a lot of bending, lifting, twisting, and reaching every day.

Done wrong, all this repetitive motion can lead to a variety of back injuries that are all too common for his profession.

So when his bosses recently asked him to try out this new piece of technology that they said would keep him safer. He said, sure, why not? It's a motion

tracking sensor that sits on his chest.

Yeah, I come in the morning, I grab this, I grab my radio, um radio. Yeah strap it right on and go to work. It's pretty easy

The device basically warns Jack when he's lifting boxes with bad form. He says it's taught

him better habits.

Yeah, sometimes I noticed if I was bending forward a little more, like reaching deeper into a

palette, that might have been something that would, it would vibrate on me for, but

started walking around to the sides of the pallets

you know, thanks to the reminder and kind of gotten away from that now too.

This same sensor though is also gathering incredibly detailed information on his every movement and it's sending that information to his bosses.

It's one of the many technologies today

allowing employers to monitor their workers,

especially in blue-collar professions.

And it's a trend that's troubling worker rights advocates.

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