Patent ID: 8866629

Claim:
A method of monitoring for electrostatic discharge events, the method comprising the steps of: a computer monitoring for potential electrostatic discharge events and entry of an operator into a sensed area; if a potential electrostatic discharge event is detected by the computer upon entry of the operator into the sensed area, the computer: issuing an electrostatic discharge event alert to the operator and recording data to a tangible storage device; determining environmental factors at time and date of the potential electrostatic discharge event; comparing the potential electrostatic discharge event and associated environmental factors to other electrostatic discharge events with associated environmental factors; and determining if a correlation exists between the potential electrostatic discharge event and associated environmental factors and the other electrostatic discharge events with associated environmental factors; and if the electrostatic discharge event is not detected by the computer upon entry of the operator into sensed area, the computer issuing an issue entry alert to the operator, reminding the operator to follow electrostatic discharge protocol and recording data of the entry alert to the tangible storage device.