The Workers:
Workers log into SafetyLine™ at the beginning of each
shift, check-in periodically throughout the shift, and log off at the
end of the shift. The system will repeatedly and
proactively confirm that the worker is in an emergency, and
take appropriate action if this is not the case.
• Access SafetyLine™ from any device, including: satellite-phone,
cellular-phone, land-phone, two-way
radios with a telephone interconnect, or any Internet
capable computer or device.
• Check into SafetyLine™ and report
information such as location and activities, or
simply report that they are "OK."
• Leave information in a variety of forms such
as voice messages, GPS positions, job numbers, and zone or
section numbers.
The Monitors:
An unlimited number of Monitors are the person or persons responsible to
respond in the event of an emergency. They will receive
notification of a worker emergency and be able to take
appropriate action. These may be anyone such as co-workers,
supervisors, and even the Tsunami back-up Monitoring Centre.
• No dedicated full-time monitor is required.
• Only two simple requirements:
1) To
provide his or her contact info to SafetyLine™, indicating that
they wish to be
notified in the event of an emergency.
2)
To be available to respond in the event of an emergency.
• Operators are able to perform their regular duties
while SafetyLine™ monitors the workers.
Emergency:
SafetyLine™ puts a Worker into emergency status for one of two reasons:
1) The worker requested assistance, (can
be done by pressing a “panic button.”
2) The worker failed to report that they were
"OK."
• When
a Worker fails to report on time, SafetyLine™ will
remind the Worker with a phone call and email. After a
grace period, the Worker is automatically
set to a state of emergency.
• When an emergency occurs, each person who has provided
contact info to SafetyLine™ as an Monitor will be
persistently alerted in specified order. SafetyLine™ will send out
email reminders to any email capable device, including
cellular phones, and also places voice phone calls to a
list of contacts to alert someone to the emergency. This
means that if a Worker requires assistance, SafetyLine™
will continuously attempt contact until someone
responds and action is taken.
Response:
• Once a Monitor has been alerted to an emergency,
SafetyLine™ provides a variety of information for the Worker
in trouble, including: all reported locations and
activities, emergency contacts for this worker and how to
reach them, worker specific information such as health
conditions, vehicles, phone numbers and addresses.
• SafetyLine™ also provides a list of emergency response
protocols customized to each individual worker or group of
workers. As the operator performs these actions, (e.g. 1)
call worker, 2) call supervisor, etc.) SafetyLine™ records
the name of the Monitor, the time and date that the
actions were performed and any comments that were entered
by the Monitor. This helps the employer to show due
diligence.
