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March 2004 |
Lone Worker Safety - Your Responsibility!
With a significant increase in the number of employees working
alone, outside normal working hours, away from their employer’s
premises or in potentially hazardous situations, comes the concern
of how to meet employee safety needs. This is an important and
pressing issue for managers across all levels and across all
industries.
In response to this, Technology Managers, the company behind
TeleScheduler Care™ and UK distributors for eziTracker™ services,
have introduced eziTracker LoneWorker™. eziTracker LoneWorker™ is specifically designed
with employee safety in mind and assists managers to ensure
the safety and welfare of lone workers and comply with HSE legislation
and guidelines.
For only a few pence per schedule, eziTracker LoneWorker™ allows
employees, using any standard touch-tone telephone, to verify
their attendance, record their expected work plan and provide
an estimated time of completion. During their shift or visit,
employees can also call the system to revise their work plan
or alter their estimated time of completion.
If an employee fails to log out of a visit, an ALERT message
is automatically sent, via e-mail and text message, to predefined
recipients. This allows the manager, or person responsible for
the employee’s safety, to take immediate and appropriate
action. In the event of an emergency, an employee can also use
their mobile phone to trigger a DISTRESS ALERT. The employee
simply holds down a single digit (speed dial button) and eziTracker LoneWorker™ will recognise the employee’s mobile phone
number and issue a DISTRESS message. Both the ALERT and DISTRESS
messages contain the employees name, PIN number, the telephone
number from which the call was made, site reference, as well
as other relevant information, such as their vehicle details
(type of car, registration no., colour) and mobile phone number.
For client convenience, eziTracker LoneWorker™ is provided as
a pay-as-you-go service, with no capital outlay or hardware
to install. It couldn’t be easier to introduce and implement
eziTracker LoneWorker™ into your business.
eziTracker
LoneWorker™ can be used effectively by any organisation
where employees work outside the usual office environment or
out of office hours. This includes social workers, home care
or health care workers, real estate agents, service or repair
workers, inspectors, cleaners, sales people and more.
Employers have a responsibility for the health, safety and welfare
of their employees and eziTracker
LoneWorker™ means that mangers can easily and effectively
make employee safety their top priority.
For further information, please call us on 0845 277 2833 (local
rate call) or view the eziTracker
LoneWorker™ section of this website.
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