Case studies

How to increase security – detecting immobility of lone workers

DETECTING IMMOBILITY OF LONE WORKERS

Safety is one of the most important elements of any workplace. What if an employee falls over, loses consciousness, falls asleep…. How quickly will someone find out about it and react accordingly? How to ensure a high level of safety for employees who are alone in the workplace?

Implementing a solution in a waste management company

For one of our clients, Zakład Gospodarki Odpadami, we have developed a solution to this problem that relies on geolocation functionality.

Customer challenges:

  • Many workers in independent positions without supervision
  • Failure to respond quickly enough in a health or life-threatening emergency.

Description of the process of implementing InnerWeb with immobility detection

In response, we installed a network of radio transmitters throughout the plant. We also conducted intensive research and development in managing the gyroscope and accelerometer sensor in the smartphones we supplied, fortified for industrial use. For employees who work in independent positions without others, we have enabled motionless detection mode.

Solution:

As agreed with the customer, it was set that the immobility alarm would be triggered 20 seconds after it was detected. During this time, the employee can cancel the alarm or confirm static operation.

Confirming immobility will activate static mode, which will run for 15 minutes and put immobility notifications to sleep. This can happen, for example, during a break at work or while working on the computer.

After a quarter of an hour, the alarm system will turn on again, sounding after 20 seconds of rest. In a situation where an employee fails to respond to a received alarm, a supervisor will be notified.

What is immobility detection based on?

The operation of the alarm system is handled by a security officer, who must contact an employee by phone in such an alarm situation. If he is not available, the security officer sends specific people to a designated place to verify the threat.

The immobility module is an indispensable function for employees doing their own work, providing them with a high level of security. It allows the team to react quickly in a life- or health-threatening situation, when many times seconds count. In the system you can configure the time after which an alarm should sound, notification of the detection of immobility.

What is immobility detection based on?

  • Increase the level of safety for employees working independently and in hard-to-reach areas.
  • Ability to respond immediately in the event of a threat to a worker’s health or life.
  • The ability to replace the Immobility Detection System with a two-person team, where the required tasks can be performed by only one person.

Automatic immobility detection and instant notifications have improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the safety management system. This is an excellent example of how the use of technology can significantly improve safety standards in workplaces.