How to reduce environmental risk to staff and what happens if 'Man Down'?

Working alone is often associated with risks that are posed by interacting with other people as part of ajob role. However risks due to a particular environment (often combined with an activity) can also lead to injury, incapacitation or the death of a lone worker. Slips, Trips and falls are a major concern across UK industry and cost an estimated £700 million in 2008 alone, with 61 deaths and 14,000 serious industries being suffered. In addition 2008 / 09 also saw 10,368 major non-fatal slip/trip accidents and 23,797 slip / trip accidents that resulted in a staff absence of over three days.

An Identicom unit equipped with automatic 'Man Down'  allows a user to automatically receive monitoring and assistance in the event of them being unable to open a red alert manually. If a unit is motionless for a defined period of time and tilted through 75 degrees, the process of opening an automatic 'Red Alert' (the opening of a live audio link to 24/7 Alarm Receiving Centre) begins.

This allows any lone worker incapacitated by a trip, fall or other underlying health problems, that are unable to get the necessary assistance through a manual alert as soon as possible through automatic detection.

Identicom units with 'Man Down' functionality: i770, i777 & t777. For more information on identicom click here. To see pricing please visit the 'where to buy' page. For more information please call 0844 856 6606 or click to e-mail.