Evacuation from the workplace is an extraordinary situation resulting from the occurrence of a threat to the health and life of employees. The profile of a given company's activity plays a significant role in ensuring the appropriate level of safety. In some, the threats are negligible, while in others they are highly probable. However, every employer must prepare scenarios for such events. This is a very responsible task, because the safety and lives of people will depend on it. It is necessary to designate exits and evacuation routes, assembly points, coordinators supervising the entire process, and conduct evacuation drills.
During such drills, the most frequently asked question is whether everyone is already safe? This question is difficult for many. So how can we change this and improve employee identification during evacuation?
RFID technology, iBeacon and modern software within Industry 4.0 help solve this problem. RFID solutions only provide access to information about which region someone was in and it is a passive technology. The iBeacon-based system is an active technology enabling much wider use in addition to accurate representation of people's locations.
Efficiently functioning employee identification is applicable not only during evacuation. In laboratories, employees are distributed in labyrinths of rooms and exposed to danger. Accidents related to fainting occur, and then identification and employee movement monitoring come to the rescue. A person who remains motionless for a long time can receive a notification to perform a specific action. If they still do not show activity, the notification will reach the supervisor, who will verify the received report. There are many more such examples.
Employee identification can also be used to warn them about threats resulting from entering a given zone. Informing about an approaching forklift. It will help collect information regarding the number of, for example, guests or employees of external companies.
In terms of task execution, we can precisely determine the number of people and the time devoted to the implementation of a given project. The system also determines the way employees move, identifies places where there is very high traffic intensity.
In order to improve employee identification, we can equip ourselves with a work tool that will support us in many aspects of our operations.