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?
If this sounds like your situation, then Ok Alone™ is a great choice as your lone worker safety monitoring system.
Here are some useful articles about our features and how our lone worker app and work alone solution can help your workers or employees stay safe when they are working alone.
Download the brochure about our work alone solution and find out more about how Ok Alone can keep your lone workers safe.
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
Looking for Affordable Lone Worker Safety Monitoring?
Your staff is as important to you as family – maybe some of them ARE family, and you would like nothing more than to provide them with a safety monitoring system that’s easy for them to learn and use, adaptable to your business’ requirements and economical.
Why is top quality lone worker monitoring SO expensive?
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.
What is a lone worker monitoring system and do you, as an employer, need one?
Workers in remote locations, at high risk job sites or providing services in private residences, face threats to their safety. What are a few things that you should consider when setting up a lone worker system to protect your employees?