Increase Your Lone Worker Safety with Active Track

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Increase Your Lone Worker Safety with Active
Track
Safety in the workplace is a crucial factor for
businesses employees alike. Most companies
take this aspect seriously and develop a safety
plan along with introducing devices to safeguard
the workplace. Unfortunately, this seldom covers
the safety of Lone Workers.
They are employees that work away from physical
supervision. These jobs, while important to the
organization, puts these workers at serious risk
of accidents. The scale of the event might be
small, but what elevates the problem is the
absence of people around to help them. Active
Track by Guard Patrol Products Active Track is an
advanced device produced to aid Lone workers who
carry out their job away from the eyesight of
others. It enables real-time monitoring and has
supporting features like two-way communication
and a panic button to minimize the risk these
workers face.
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The hand-held device has four buttonsGPS, Call
me, Read Checkpoint, Panic Button, placed at
an optimum distance for easy use. Its internal
quad-band GSM/ GPRS can house a special roaming
SIM that connects to the strongest mobile signal
in the area give clear calls between the lone
worker and the operator. Lets dive deeper into
how Active Track increases lone worker
safety. Communication Plan A communication plan
is the best way to avoid possible accidents from
getting worse. The active track has two-way
communication that one can set up between the
operator and the lone worker. This plan requires
any of them to call and check-in with the other
after a set interval of time (example every 30
mins). The duration between each consecutive call
depends on the type of work they are doing and
should be planned so that it wont affect the
performance of the worker. Each call would be a
confirmation that everything is proceeding as
expected. GPS Tracking It is important to know
where lone workers are at all times due to work
safety reasons. The in-built GPS of the active
track allows the operator to track them at all
times. The GPS receiver allows tracking using
satellite-based positioning technology when
outdoors. This switches to AGPS when the lone
worker goes indoors. This technology uses the
triangulated information from nearby cell towers
to get an accurate location. The lone worker can
also manually use the GPS button on the device to
send a text alert to the operator with their
current coordinates.
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In Case of Emergencies There are two ways Active
Track deals with emergencies Known
Emergency This is when the lone worker faces an
emergency during the job and requires immediate
help for the same. They can get help by pressing
the panic alarm on Active Track. You can
configure this button to send a text message to a
pre- designated number, which can also include
the latest location. Unknown Emergency Unfortuna
tely, even after all precautions, emergencies can
creep up unexpectedly. Active Track has an
in-built accelerometer with the ability to
pre-programme parameters. This feature will
automatically send an alert when the device exits
those parameters for a long time. Example Set
the active parameters to when the device is
vertical and the time as 10 minutes. If the lone
worker falls and cannot reach the device to send
an alarm, the device will detect that it is
horizontal and automatically send an alarm after
10 minutes. These are just a few benefits
Active Track provides to ensure the safety of
lone workers. It also integrates with Active
View, the software used for real-time monitoring
of Active track devices. Contact us get in
touch with our experts to know more.