SafetyLine Lone Worker is an automated cloud-based Lone worker monitoring service that helps companies with remote or isolated workers comply with the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety lone worker regulations.[1] SafetyLine provides an interactive voice response (IVR) service, a smartphone application, a web application, satellite device integrations, and Bluetooth hardware integrations.[2] SafetyLine was the first automated solution that used cloud-based technology and mobile data in a lone worker solution in Canada, along with a website delivering regularly updated safety-related content.[3][4]
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| Industry | Lone worker monitoring |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 201 - 1523 East Pender St., Vancouver, BC, V5L 1V9 |
| Website | safetylineloneworker.com |
| Key People | Gabriel Caldwell(CEO) Kyle Touhey(CPO) Heather Eastman(CDO) |
| Area Served | Canada United States of America Central and South America South Africa Australia United Kingdom |
| Registration | Trial, Starter, Team, Complete, Enterprise |
| Founder | Thomas Touhey |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Current status | active |
The GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC), monitors SafetyLine Lone Worker's satellite and supported smartphone devices.[5]
SafetyLine Lone Worker is a subsidiary of Tsunami Solutions with its main office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[citation needed]
History
editSafetyLine Lone Worker was founded in 1999 by Thomas Touhey.[6] Initially, SafetyLine's mobile monitoring service software primarily supported wireless applications protocol (WAP) devices.[7] Lack of users having WAP supported devices lead SafetyLine to switch to an IVR monitoring service, where a user could make a phone call to access SafetyLine commands.
- In 2002, SafetyLine Lone Worker was resold through Levitt-Safety on a monthly subscription basis per user.[8]
- In 2005, SafetyLine Lone Worker had over 100 companies using its service.[9]
- In May 2005, SafetyLine was awarded a Corporate Supply Arrangement to supply all 19 ministries of the Province of British Columbia with Employee Notification and Safety Monitoring Services.[10]
- In 2006, 3M Canada incorporated SafetyLine into their employee safety protection plan.[11]
- In September 2009, SafetyLine introduced a video panic system, allowing video monitoring of emergencies with the use of a panic button.[12]
- In December 2011, the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires of Victoria announced that SafetyLine Lone Worker would be offered to clients working or traveling alone.[13]
- In 2017, SafetyLine introduced the use of motion detection, allowing a user to create an emergency alert by shaking the smartphone device or by having the smartphone device detect no motion or a falling motion by using the smartphones accelerometer data.[14]
Lone Worker Monitoring System
editSafetyLine is a software as a service(SaaS) tool intended for lone worker monitoring. A worker will log on to the SafetyLine system at the start of their shift, checking in regularly throughout the day until their shift is done. Any deviations are flagged by the SafetyLine system and bringing attention to administrators immediately providing any reporting information given by the worker and/or the Safety device.[15] The user can 'check-in' their safety status using a smartphone application, an IVR, and a Satellite Emergency Notification Device.[16]
Awards
edit- 2016 Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Reader's Choice award.[17]
- 2017 Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Reader's Choice award.[18]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SafetyLine Lone Worker Spotlight". BC Tech Association. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Lone Worker Devices | Android, iOS, Windows, Blackberry". SafetyLine Lone Worker. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "SafetyLine Lone Worker Spotlight". BC Tech. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ O'Dell, Zachary (June 2018). "Beat the Heat! And make sure you don't fall victim to the rest of summer's leading hazards". Occupational Health & Safety. 87: 68–69. ISSN 0362-4064.
- ^ "GEOS Monitored and Approved Devices and Applications". www.geostravelsafety.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ Wilson, Peter (2003-09-30). "Safety firm gets another B.C. job". The Vancouver Sun (Business). Postmedia Network Inc. p. 36. ISSN 0832-1299. ProQuest 242408691.
- ^ "Our Products". 2003-04-01. Archived from the original on 2003-04-01. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Tsunami Solutions Ltd. Appoints Levitt-Safety as a Reseller of SafetyLine". OHS Canada Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "TECH UPDATE: Work Alone Communications Products". Forest Net. "Logging and Sawmilling Journal" and "TimberWest Journal". February 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "SafetyLine Chosen for the Government of British Columbia". BC Technology. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "SafetyLine Chosen as Work Alone Solution for 3M Canada™ Employees". BC Technology. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Tsunami Solutions Launches New Version of SafetyLine Video Panic System". BC Technology. September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ Verran, Stan (2011-12-01). "SafetyLine Enlists the Commissionaires Victoria" (PDF). www.commissionairesviy.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "New Motion Features available on SafetyLine's Mobile App". Wire Service Media. August 14, 2017. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ Careless, James (Summer 2010). "Enhancing Logger Safety". Canadian Forest Industries: 23–25. ProQuest 747126594.
- ^ "SafetyLine Monitor Guide" (PDF). 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ Humber, Todd. "Canadian Occupational Safety - 2016 Readers' Choice Awards". digital.carswellmedia.com. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ Humber, Todd. "Canadian Occupational Safety - 2017 Readers' Choice Awards". digital.carswellmedia.com. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2019-03-21.