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. It allowed workers to be accurately tracked, even in remote locations and while on the move.
Here is some information about how work alone solutions and Ok Alone use gps tracking to help keep your lone workers safe.
No one likes the idea of being tracked throughout their work day, however, if you are a lone worker it could literally save your life. Why Worker Tracking is Important Employee tracking is a way for companies to know where their workers are and that they are safe. This is often done using a specific …
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The Ok Alone safety app is a lone worker protection system that allows easy two-way communication with GPS technology with our Android and iPhone apps. 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. It allowed workers …
Read moreGPS Tracking for your Lone Workers with the Ok Alone App
Lone worker apps come in many varieties. This short article provides five criteria to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the most popular ones. The goal is to give you the tools to decide which lone worker app will work best for your organization. Safety Policy Your safety policy should be at the heart of …
In the Uk, Australia, New Zealand and Canadian provinces your employees must be monitored if they are working alone. Here are a few tips to help you, as an employer, to devise and establish a lone worker check in procedure. 1. Appoint a Monitor You can appoint an employee as a monitor – they can …
Do you rely on GPS technology to keep in touch with lone workers?
You might not know that the first GPS satellite, Navstar 1, was launched way back on February 22, 1978. In 1983, after the USSR shot down a Korean passenger jet, the US government opened up GPS for civilian applications so that aircraft, transport and shipping could avoid drifting into restricted
Where are your people?
You may think that your GPS system is keeping track of where everyone is as they go about their work, but GPS has definite shortcomings. It may be able to tell you where your worker is, but it won’t tell you how they are.
Sometimes people think because they have gps tracking on their vehicles, they are monitoring the safety of their workers. Here's a story from one of our customers. After you read it, you decide…