Optical measuring product provider GOM UK, whose clients include many automotive and aerospace companies, is using a lone worker security product, to see that its engineers are safe while visiting sites and travelling.
The StaySafe app tracks an employee’s location via GPS and alerts their manager if they do not check in within a set time. The app has been put in place on the advice of health and safety consultants who flagged lone worker safety as a priority.
The app works on iPhone, Android and Windows and offers a range of functions including a panic button, working session expiry and low battery warnings, GPS tracking, inactivity and duress alerts. User monitoring can be done in‐house via an online hub or outsourced to one of StaySafe’s partners.
Tim Collier at GOM says: “Our staff are not what you would traditionally call ‘high risk’ but fully meeting our duty of care to all employees is paramount to us. We have just issued all employees with new smartphones so a lone worker solution that would work on their smartphones without the need for any additional technology really appealed. The app has been easy to set up and use and monitoring the app requires minimal resource, which is great.”
And Don Cameron, CEO at StaySafe adds: “The StaySafe app is a great solution for organisations like GOM who want to provide a high level of security provision for their lone workers without the expense and hassle of providing new technology. The prevalent use of smartphones amongst all age groups means that the app is cost effective and quickly becomes part of an employee’s routine.”
