Our new Man Down app feature helps keep your lone workers even safer. The man down feature in the smartphone app monitors a lone worker’s movement. This notifies a worker’s monitor if there has been no movement within a set amount of time (3 minutes – 1 hour, time set by the worker).
If no movement is detected the app using man down will sound a man down alarm alerting the worker that there has been no movement. If this alert is not responded to by the lone worker, then a man down alert will be escalated to the allocated monitor and they will contact the lone worker. If there continues to be no response, then the escalation procedure will be followed to ensure the lone worker is reached.
The helpful man down alarm/reminder sent to the lone worker first when the system detects no movement, means there will be less false alarms sent to the monitor or the call centre.
Between 1900 and 2021 there has been an estimated reduction of workplace fatalities by around an enormous 90%! ¹ From about 4,400 fatalities in 1900 down to 142 for the year 2020/21 ². That is a fantastic result for workplace safety. However, there are still many workplace related injuries that do not result in a …
As the number of working women continues to increase in most industry areas (including lone workers), language needs to adapt at the same rate. Using the term ‘Man Down’ for the motion detection feature in a lone worker system no longer seems appropriate. The ‘Man Down’ Feature The ‘Man Down’ (Worker Down’) function notifies a …
The Man down (Worker Down) feature offered in Ok Alone’s lone worker safety solution has the capability to contact another member of staff or call centre personnel if there has been no worker movement for a set period of time. This fantastic feature benefits lone workers across many different industries. Workers have the ability to …
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Man Down is the latest lone worker feature for iPhones provided by Ok Alone. Our Man Down App introduces a movement based safety feature for iPhones – available with any account with the latest version of the Ok Alone smartphone app. What is Man Down for lone workers? Man down (worker down) apps are calibrated …
Man Down is the latest lone worker feature provided by Ok Alone. Our Man Down App introduces automatic detection in a movement-based safety feature for Android phones – available with any account with the latest version of the Ok Alone smartphone app. What is Man Down for lone workers? Man down (worker down) app systems …
Here are some man down injury statistics for 2017-2018. Between 1974 and 2018 there has been an estimated reduction of workplace fatalities by an enormous 85%! ¹ From over 600 fatalities in 1974 down to 144 for the year 2017/18². That is a fantastic result for workplace safety. However, there are still many workplace related …
Ok Alone introduced their 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 own …
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There are around 8 million lone workers in the U.K. Lone workers can be found in many different industries, doing many different jobs. Some lone workers are out and about all day going to different locations and constantly on the move, others spend their days in one location. If, like me, you are a lone …