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 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
