Are you affected by work alone regulations and want to be certain your lone workers are safe? Do you also want to minimize your costs and the time it takes to monitor their safety? Need a lone worker app to protect your employees?
If this sounds like your situation, then Ok Alone™ is a great choice as your lone worker safety solution.
Here are some useful articles about our features and how our lone worker monitoring can help your workers or employees stay safe when they are working alone.
Download the brochure about our lone worker system and find out more about how Ok Alone can keep your lone workers safe.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Read moreUse Siri and your voice to check in whilst Lone Working
Our lone worker solution from Ok Alone now works with Google Assistant. We have an action for your android smart phone that lets you connect to your Ok Alone lone worker account and manage your status using your voice – handsfree while you work alone. What is Google Assistant? Google Assistant is a virtual assistant …
Ok Alone is now a Man Down app after feedback from our customers. Our customers wanted an extra feature that monitored a worker’s movement, to be used along side our time-based check-in system What is Man Down? Man down (worker down) apps are calibrated to detect movement or a lack of movement. Using a worker’s …
Read moreUnderstanding Man Down in the Ok Alone Dashboard and Alerts
Ok Alone have introduced Safety Awards, an engaging way to help workers stay safe, while using their lone worker protection system. It allows workers to log their safe practises and compete with colleagues and companies across the world. At the end of each month, the worker’s usage in the Ok Alone system is collated and reviewed, they are awarded …
If you are having some issues with the Ok Alone App on an Android 9 phone, please check the following settings: Check you have the Latest Version Please check the Play Store on your phone to make sure you have the latest version of Ok Alone installed. Even if you do, you may want to …
There are times when you don’t have anyone available to monitor the safety of your team. Everyone is busy doing their own job and remembering to call or check-in with people can be difficult. If you do have someone who can track people’s movements, it would typically be during normal working hours. However, on evenings …
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. The …
Read moreEasy Check-In for Lone Workers with the Ok Alone Desktop App
Seeing a gap in the market for affordable, high quality lone worker monitoring, Trusty Ox developed Ok Alone. They wanted a solution that was easy to use, didn’t cost the earth and wouldn’t require additional equipment. For the past 6 years Ok Alone has provided just that! Growing their family to over 150 companies in …
The lone worker solution from Ok Alone now works with Alexa on all Echo devices, including the Echo Dot and Echo Plus. What is Alexa? Alexa is a cloud-based voice service from Amazon. Alexa is the brain behind Amazon Echo and other Alexa-enabled devices. Using Alexa is as simple as asking a question—just ask, and …
Read moreLone Working with Amazon Alexa & Echo Devices from Ok Alone
A vital aspect of any lone worker monitoring procedure is the actual ‘check in’. Why you need a lone worker check in system By legislation in the UK and in many Canadian provinces, lone workers must be monitored for safety reasons. Here is some information about how you, as an employer, can devise and establish …
Lone workers face greater risks than those who have co-workers nearby. Without support they may be unable to get immediate assistance in case of injury, incapacity or another type of emergency situation. Why do I need a lone worker app? A work alone safety device, such as a lone worker app, ensures employees have a …
Read moreHow can a Lone Worker App Protect Your People in High-Risk Situations?
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 …
Our lone worker solution from Ok Alone now works with Google Home. We have an action for your smart home speaker that lets you connect to your Ok Alone lone worker account and manage your status while you work alone. What is Google Home? Google Home is a brand of smart speakers, on call 24/7 …
An escalation procedure is one of the most important elements of your workplace safety policy. It’s an action plan that outlines exactly what to do when a lone worker calls for help, or when they’re overdue, unaccounted for, and non-contactable. The support team needs to react quickly when lone worker alarms go off, and they …
Read moreLone worker alarms and escalation procedures | Ok Alone Worker
Manufacturing industry and factory workers can be exposed to a wide range of dangerous situations and risks to their safety increase when they are working alone. Performing equipment maintenance, handling raw or in-process materials, and using heavy machinery are just some of the everyday tasks where a lone worker safety system could ensure that you and your co-workers go home safely at the end of a shift.
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