Does panic button software keep office workers safer?

Office worker alone in shared space

Yes! Panic button software can significantly contribute to keeping office workers safer. A desktop  on-screen panic button is designed to provide employees with a quick and discreet way to request immediate assistance in emergency situations. While some people who work in office buildings may not consider themselves lone workers, being isolated in an office meeting …

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Alert Loops – Automatically Alert Monitors In The Order You Choose

Alert loops now avaiable in Ok Alone

Ok Alone users have been asking about automatically calling monitors in a sequence, instead of alerting them all at the same time. Based on that feedback, Ok Alone is now introducing Alert Loops – the easy way to alert monitors in any order you choose. What is an Alert Loop? An Alert Loop is triggered by …

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Who is a Lone Worker?

Who is a lone worker

The number of Lone workers has been steadily increasing for the last few years. Recently though, numbers have taken a drastic rise as a result of the pandemic. Do you qualify as a lone worker? A lone worker is classified as someone who works by themselves without close or direct supervision, where they cannot be …

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Desktop/Web App for Lone Workers

There are many ways to use the OK Alone lone worker solution: app, SMS, landline, satellite phone and desktop. This last one is perhaps the least well known. For lone workers who work remotely, not necessarily out and about, but based in one location, the desktop version of the Ok Alone system is perfect. This …

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How the Ok Alone Lone Worker System Works

The Ok Alone system should be simple to understand and use. Meaning that it can easily be deployed to workers and once it is setup there is minimal on going maintenance. Here is a useful diagram explaining how the Ok Alone lone worker system works: Worker – Person working alone Monitor – Person who receives message that Worker is having a problem. Monitors take remedial action based on the Escalation …

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Lone Working with Siri on your iPhone

Record shortcuts for Siri to use with Ok Alone when lone working

The latest version of our Ok Alone lone worker app provides Siri shortcuts so you can now use Siri to update your Ok Alone status. This means you can use Ok Alone when working alone in a vehicle, working on the move or any other time you may need to be hands free. What is …

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Desktop On Screen Panic Button for Lone Workers

On Screen Panic Button Software for Lone Workers

Imagine you’re at work in your office. You’re having a meeting with one of your clients. The client is getting angrier and angrier. They stand up between you and the door. No one can hear what is happening. The client knocks your phone off the desk. What are you going to do? You’re going to …

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How Lone Workers Use Ok Alone to Stay Safe

How workers use OK Alone to stay safe

We are always looking for better ways to explain how Ok Alone works. We have always aimed to keep our lone worker app and system simple to understand and operate. This image shows how the Ok Alone lone worker safety solution is used by lone workers. With the Ok Alone system, any worker can be …

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Introducing Safety Award Certificates and Report Cards

Lone Worker Certificate

Here at Ok Alone, we have made some improvements to the Safety Awards program introducing Report Cards and Certificates. Report Cards Report Cards are a visual way for workers to see their achievements from each month and be inspired to do better.  Each month we take into account a number of safety factors including missed check-ins, location …

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What is the meaning of ‘Lone Worker’?

Many industries across the world are recognizing that more and more people are required or are choosing to work on their own these days. As a result of that, those people are referred to as ‘lone workers’. What does Lone Worker mean? The definition of a lone worker is when work is done in a …

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Why Ok Alone is your Lone Worker Solution

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Many companies, like yourselves, are looking for a lone worker solution. However, you may have specific lone worker problems. There may be certain legislation or policy you need to comply with or your company may not be able to afford expensive hardware. Here at Ok Alone we feel we have a work alone solution which …

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GPS Monitoring for your Lone Workers with the Ok Alone App

GPS tracking for your Lone Workers

The Ok Alone safety app is a comprehensive lone worker protection system integrating GPS technology with iPhone and Android applications, serving as an efficient GPS lone worker device. When GPS first began to be used for worker safety monitoring, it was hailed as an important breakthrough. At the time, it was a leap forward in technology. …

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Check in with the Lone Worker App, SMS or Phone Call

Check in with Ok Alone lone worker app

Checking in and letting people know you are alright is really simple with Ok Alone. The Ok Alone lone worker monitoring solution has three ways you can check in; their lone worker app, sending an sms or phoning in. Ok Alone App As simple as pushing a button! All you need to do is open …

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Reminder Alerts from Ok Alone

Start shift times for Ok Alone lone worker monitoring

The great thing about the Ok Alone lone worker monitoring solution is that you can just forget about it! The system knows when your check in is due and if you forget to check in on time it reminds you with a lone worker alarm. Check In or Man Down Alarms Our check in or …

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Help alerts with the Ok Alone lone worker solution

Request help with the ok alone lone worker app

If you find yourself in a situation where you need someone to either come and help or call you immediately then our lone worker app has a help feature which makes this quick and easy. There are three options for requesting help – in the app, SMS or by phone call. You can tap HELP …

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Work Alone Devices Available for your Lone Workers

Request help with the ok alone lone worker app

Looking to safeguard your lone workers? You don’t need costly hardware. Our lone worker solution, Ok Alone, can be accessed through a variety of lone worker devices, which might already be at your employees’ disposal or present in your office. Our lone worker monitoring system features a smartphone app compatible with both iPhone and Android …

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About our Work Alone System – Keeping your Lone Workers Safe

Check in with Ok Alone lone worker app

Ok Alone provides a popular work alone system used by companies all over the world. Our lone worker system provides the tools you need to comply with work alone legislation and policies. Our easy to use work alone protection system, means you can monitor your workers when they are lone working and provide protection in …

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Panic Buttons for Lone Workers from Ok Alone

Holding a lone worker app

The Ok Alone Lone Worker app has many great features, one of the most crucial is the Help Alert Panic Button. What is a Help Alert Panic Button? If you find yourself in a situation where you need someone to either come and help or call you immediately you can send a ‘help’ request from …

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What is a Monitor in lone working?

Working from home

When using the Ok Alone lone worker monitoring system you will see the word ‘Monitor’ throughout the website, but what does that actually mean? What is a Monitor? A monitor is the person who is contacted if a worker doesn’t check in on time or sends a help request. Each worker is assigned one or …

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Use Siri and your voice to check in whilst Lone Working

Holding a lone worker app

Did you know that since January 2019 you could have been using Ok Alone using only your voice when working alone in a vehicle, working on the move or any time you needed to be hands free? The latest version of our Ok Alone lone worker app provides Siri shortcuts so you can use Siri …

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