The importance of lone worker training and engagement of staff

When you have lone workers in your company it is really important they are equipped with a lone worker solution. The solution needs to give workers a way to communicate with supervisors throughout their shift and alert someone if there are any problems or safety risks. Introducing a lone worker safety solution to the workforce …

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Protect your Lone Workers with a Spot Device and Ok Alone

The Spot Satellite Devices from Globalstar can be used together with Ok Alone to help keep lone workers safe. Spot devices use both GPS and Globalstar’s own satellites to transmit locations and messages. They offer different levels of service plans, but each supported device works well with Ok Alone; a favourite of ours is the …

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Protect your Lone Workers with a Zoleo Device and Ok Alone

The Zoleo devices can now be used with Ok Alone to keep lone workers safe. ZOLEO lone worker devices act as a connection so your smartphone continues communicating outside of normal coverage areas. The device itself has built-in SOS and check-in functionality that work separately from the smartphone, but through the phone app. Using the …

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Why Drivers need a Lone Worker Safety Monitoring Solution

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The definition of a lone worker is ‘when work is done in a location where the employee can’t physically see or be seen by another person or talk to or be heard by another person’¹. This definition encompasses almost all drivers. How can a lone worker solution help drivers? Hands Free Voice Commands and Drive …

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What do people mean when they say ‘Lone Worker’ in the Logistics industry?

Many industries across the world are recognising 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’. Who could be considered a lone worker? Field staff who are working off site Warehouse workers who work …

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Learn about Safety for the UK’s Electrician Lone Workers

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The most recent data from Statista.com shows there were 259,000 people employed as electricians in the UK during 2019 ¹ Being an electrician means frequently working alone, either on sites, in warehouses, buildings or in people’s homes. But are employers looking out for these lone workers and how do you ensure an electrician’s safety? Dangers …

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Learn about Safety for US Lone Working Electricians

Being an electrician can often mean working in small, dark and potentially dangerous locations. More often than not, they are also alone while on site. Who is looking out for these workers and how do you ensure an electrician’s safety? What are the Dangers of Being an Electrician? Being an electrician means workers are exposed …

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How Municipalities use Ok Alone

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Within a municipality, city or town there are many, many jobs that need to be taken care of. These jobs are done by civil servants who work directly for their local government. The roles can vary from librarian to health visitor, from grounds keeper to social worker, but one thing these jobs have in common …

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Are You Getting Your Municipality Value For Money?

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Local Government Responsibilities Within a municipality there are many departments each with their own committee or board. Each council could have for instance school, libraries, social services and health boards, transportation board, parks board, water and wastewater boards. As well as having responsibility for the upkeep of facilities like garbage collection systems, fire departments and community centres.   …

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Why Municipalities Need a Lone Worker App

As municipalities and local governments employ people in many different departments they need a lone worker solution that is flexible and easy enough for all their workers to use, no matter their technical ability. A local authority needs to choose a lone worker monitoring system with multiple connectivity options that is specifically designed to address …

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Lone Working in Care Homes 

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Within the United States there are 3,211,590 people employed as Home health and personal care aides, either in Home Health Care Centres or Continued Care Retirement Communities and Assisted living facilities for the elderly ¹.The two states with the highest employment levels in this field are California and New York.² Care is an enormous industry …

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How to keep your HVAC Lone Workers Safe

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What is HVAC? The Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) industry are companies mainly engaged in the installation, repair and continued maintenance of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems. The industry operates on three levels; residential HVAC, commercial HVAC, and industrial HVAC. The May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates for the United States, created …

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