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Benefits of Lone Worker Protection Systems

It is important that when any worker goes to work, that they do so in a safe environment, and this is generally true for most modern factories and offices where numerous protective measures are taken every day e.g.

  • The provision of Personal Protective Equipment, e.g. hard hats, protective glasses, steel toe cap boots, etc
  • CCTV system to continuously monitor vulnerable or hazardous areas
  • Fire Alarms to protect against the risk of fire
  • Access control systems to restrict staff access to hazardous areas

Who is classed as a Lone Worker Protection System and what are the risks?

Lone workers are typically those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision, for example:

  • Security patrol personnel
  • Health care professionals
  • Service and Maintenance engineers
  • Environmental officers
  • Asset surveyors
  • Law enforcement workers
  • Contractors

Being a Lone Worker can mean being susceptible to a variety of incidents such as:

  • Becoming vulnerable to violence, where a person is abused, threatened, or assaulted
  • Experiencing sudden health emergencies
  • Fire safety issues
  • Being a potential victim of theft
  • Slips/falls
  • Weather emergencies
  • Accident or injury

What equipment is available to protect lone workers?

  • Panic Alarms – These are wearable, push-button-activated alarms that can generate an audible alarm to alert anyone in the local area of there being a problem. Alternatively, this could be a push-button activated radio device that sends a signal to a receiver. This could be connected to an existing system like your intruder or CCTV system to generate an alarm or it could communicate with a monitoring station via the mobile telephone network.
  • Personal GPS Tracker – This is a navigation device, normally carried by person, that uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) to track the device’s movements and determines the user’s exact location.
  • Provision of a dedicated mobile telephone to facilitate two-way communications at all times.
  • Man Down Sensor – This is a wearable device that can automatically detect the orientation of the wearer via an internal tilt detector and when preset conditions are met, ie when the device has been horizontal for 2 minutes, can send an alarm via a radio signal to a receiver that links to your existing intruder or CCTV system or in its own right to a monitoring station via the mobile telephone network.
Active Track is a hand-held device that can be carried in a holster or via a lanyard around your neck that combines all the above capabilities and more into a single device. Active Track’s main features include:


  • Two-way voice communications
  • Live GPS location tracking
  • Real Time reporting of Panic alarm activations
  • Automatic man down alarms.
  • Communicates with our Active View cloud-based management software in Real Time via the GSM mobile telephone network.
  • Management software that can be configured and monitored from anywhere in the world via a secure login via an internet web browser.
  • Supports alarm forwarding by email or SMS text message to designated contacts and can even forward alarms to an Alarm Monitoring Centre for further action if required.
  • An integrated RFID reader enables checkpoints to be used to identify places visited and the tasks performed for a whole range of “Proof of Presence” applications

To find out more about our Lone worker solutions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. For more information or for a free quote, please contact us – we will be happy to help you.

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