Man Down Alarms For Lone Worker Safety

Working alone in building sites and warehouses can be dangerous. The risk of slips, trips and falls is high, and even minor injuries can become life-changing if your lone workers are unprotected.

Many workplace health and safety regulations require lone workers to be monitored. This means that if they have a problem, an emergency alert can be raised and help sent to their location immediately.

Man Down alarms can be a great way to ensure that someone is able to raise an alert in the event of an accident or medical issue for your lone workers. These devices are designed to detect any sudden impact or change in position causing a fall and will send an emergency call to your lone worker’s employer to signal that they need assistance.

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Protect from Totalmobile uses the built-in motion sensors in most mobile phones to notify a worker’s monitor if there has been no movement for a preset time. The lone worker will then receive a local notification to check in within a specified time frame, and if they do not do so then the device will communicate an instant safety alert to your monitoring team who will then respond as per your company’s lone worker emergency response protocol.

Tilt Switch function

Some lone worker radios such as Hytera and Entel two-way radios come with a 'Tilt Switch' functionality that if the radio is tilted over 60 degrees from being in the standing position, will go into a 15 second countdown. If a worker does not stand up during this time, a distress signal will be transmitted to the nearest responder (GPS Tracking can also help here).