Benefits of Lone Worker Protection Systems

It is important that when any worker goes to work, that they do so in a safe environment, and this is generally true for most modern factories and offices where numerous protective measures are taken every day e.g.

• The provision of Personal Protective Equipment, e.g. hard hats, protective glasses, steel toe cap boots, etc
• CCTV system to continuously monitor vulnerable or hazardous areas
• Fire Alarms to protect against the risk of fire
• Access control systems to restrict staff access to hazardous area

Who is classed as a Lone Worker Protection System and what are the risks?

Lone workers are typically those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision, for example:

• Security patrol personnel
• Health care professionals
• Service and Maintenance engineers
• Environmental officers
• Asset surveyors
• Law enforcement workers
• Contractors

Being a Lone Worker can mean being susceptible to a variety of incidents such as:

• Becoming vulnerable to violence, where a person is abused, threatened, or assaulted
• Experiencing sudden health emergencies
• Fire safety issues
• Being a potential victim of theft
• Slips/falls
• Weather emergencies
• Accident or injury

What equipment is available to protect lone workers?

• Panic Alarms – These are wearable, push-button-activated alarms that can generate an audible alarm to alert anyone in the local area of there being a problem. Alternatively, this could be a push-button activated radio device that sends a signal to a receiver. This could be connected to an existing system like your intruder or CCTV system to generate an alarm or it could communicate with a monitoring station via the mobile telephone network.
• Personal GPS Tracker – This is a navigation device, normally carried by person, that uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to track the device’s movements and determines the user’s exact location.
• Provision of a dedicated mobile telephone to facilitate two-way communications at all times.
• Man Down Sensor – This is a wearable device that can automatically detect the orientation of the wearer via an internal tilt detector and when preset conditions are met, ie when the device has been horizontal for 2 minutes, can send an alarm via a radio signal to a receiver that links to your existing intruder or CCTV system or in its own right to a monitoring station via the mobile telephone network.

Our Active Track Real Time Patrol Management solution includes all the features above with the additional benefits of Geo-Fencing and live Proof of Presence Reporting.

Active Track

Active Track is a hand-held device that can be carried in a holster or via a lanyard around your neck that combines all the above capabilities and more into a single device. Active Track’s main features include:

• Two-way voice communications
• Live GPS location tracking
• Real Time reporting of Panic alarm activations
• Automatic man down alarms.
• Communicates with our Active View cloud-based management software in Real Time via the GSM mobile telephone network.
• Management software that can be configured and monitored from anywhere in the world via a secure login via an internet web browser.
• Supports alarm forwarding by email or SMS text message to designated contacts and can even forward alarms to an Alarm Monitoring Centre for further action if required.
• An integrated RFID reader enables checkpoints to be used to identify places visited and the tasks performed for a whole range of “Proof of Presence” applications

To find out more about our Lone worker solutions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. For more information or for a free quote, please contact us – we will be happy to help