Boost Safety For Lone Workers With Man Down Alarm Devices

Man Down Alarm Devices

Boost Safety for Lone WorkersAs a business, you may be legally required to provide assistance to workers in a fall incident as soon as possible. This can be particularly important if your lone workers are in high-risk industries or work in remote locations, where help could be unavailable until it is too late.

A Man Down Alarm is a device that sends an alert to a live monitor if a worker fails to check in within a pre-defined timeframe. lone worker devices The device will send a message to the monitoring service to dispatch first responders to the worker’s location.

How Does a Man Down Alarm Work?

A device with a Man Down feature will often detect a change in position, lack of movement or an impact event. Depending on the manufacturer, this can also trigger a panic button to summon help.

Alternatively, a Man Down device will usually have a short-timer that the worker can set up to activate if they believe they are not actually injured or incapacitated. During this period, the device will vibrate and make noise to compel the worker to check in.

A Man Down device will usually also have a pre-alert phase which sounds like a loud beeping sound to try to gain the lone worker’s attention. If this does not work, or if the pre-alert has been activated by an accelerometer, a Man Down alarm will be raised in StaySafe’s hub automatically. This is a simple and effective way to boost your workers’ safety.