Lone Worker/Man Down

Emergency Man Down/Lone Worker

Background
It is important that employers know that their employees who are working alone, are safe. Depending on where you may conduct business, chances are that lone worker legislation is now the law.

Regardless, morally, it is important that your valued employees and contractors have lone worker protection in the event that they are in trouble, and that they have assurance that help will be on the way.
There are a number of areas in which occupational health and safety legislation sets requirements that must be met for anyone working alone. While the legislation and regulations vary from province to province (and the federal jurisdiction), the same principles tend to apply.

In Manitoba, which has a regulation dealing with working alone, the practice is defined as follows: "Working alone means the performance of any work function by a worker who (a) is the only worker for that employer at that workplace at any time, and (b) is not directly supervised by his or her employer, or another person designated as a supervisor by his or her employer, at any time."

Alcom put together a selection of the best products available to assist our customers in providing appropriate Emergency Man Down/Lone Worker


MotoTRBO Emergency Button
The orange emergency button comes standard on all MotoTRBO portable radios. Press the emergency button to alert supervisor or dispatcher in an emergency situation. With XPR 6350, location coordinates can be sent to the dispatcher using the MOTOTRBO Location Services application.

Hermes Man Down
The Hermes man-down board works ‘silently’ in the background enabling the user to utilize his portable radio as normal. Voice calls and data messaging are available just as before, however should the radio be placed at an ‘unusual’ angle; the radio will emit a pre-warning tone to the user. Should the user not correct the angle of the radio, the radio will automatically send out an emergency alert notification.
The Retrofit kit should only be fitted at an approved Motorola MOTOTRBO workshop. This will ensure the integrity of the IP54 protection class of the radio once the option board has been installed.

See the Hermes Man Down web site for additional details:

Motorola Mandown Option Board
For Motorola HT 1250 models.  The mandown alarm functionality will trigger the radio’s internal software emergency routine if the radio is horizontal for longer than a pre-programmed time. Anti-movement alarm functionality will trigger the radio's internal software emergency routine if the radio is stationary (unmoved) for longer than a pre-programmed time (requires radio and OSS programming).