Call Systems Technology's latest lone worker
protection device has given one industrial
business the flexibility for staff to work alone
when necessary
Working alone after hours
is usually frowned upon.
Personnel Call Systems Technology's latest lone worker
protection device has given one industrial
business the flexibility for staff to work alone
when necessary
Working alone after hours
is usually frowned upon.
Personnel safety cannot
be assured when any staff member
works alone in an office or factory
and cannot easily call upon an
associate if an emergency arose.
This is why staff contracts either
gainsay out-of-hours working unless
two or more people are involved or
contain a procedure for all who work
late, or at weekends, to follow.
Businesses and public sector
employers alike need to assess and
mitigate the risks faced by lone
workers. Many organisations cannot
operate without occasional lone
working and therefore take steps to
protect staff's safety when alone on
the premises.
One of the staff assurance
techniques adopted by professional
employers is to equip at-risk staff
with systems that greatly enhance
their safety and enable an immediate
alarm to be raised if help is needed.
The latest addition to Call
Systems Technology's (CST) range
of lone worker protection
devices is the C3110P
DECT handset which
helps protect staff
with precise
location. This
directs
support workers straight to the
location of the worker in need of
assistance.
One international industrial
business has a large operation in the
UK, containing the headquarters and
manufacturing, maintenance and
product support departments. The
site is extensive with several
buildings and many employees who
need the flexibility to work anywhere
on site when needed.
Allocating a CST DECT handset
with lone worker protection to each
'mobile' worker has given the staff and
managers confidence in staff safety
and transformed the company's
working practices. Thanks to these
handsets, staff members can work on
their own when formerly they could
not have done so.
The C3110P DECT wireless
phone provides effective
lone worker protection,
because of its
accurate location
positioning, at a
lower cost than the
high specification
C3105. The C3110P
works as a phone, radio,
pager and personal
alarm, enabling its users to
initialise panic and
'ordinary' alarms. It is highly
reliable, IP65 rated and carries
a three year warranty, greatly
reducing the cost of ownership.
Like all C3110-series DECT
handsets, it has a large display screen
that displays colour-coded alarm
messages with easily understood
graphics. This handset also has a
large, easily accessible panic button.
Users summon help by pressing the
panic button and the C3110P's
location positioning reports the
accurate location of the alarm,
increasing the safety of staff working
outside, alone or at night.
An extra function key on the
handset can be user-defined for use
as a 'pre-set' alarm (to call for
cleaning staff assistance, for
example), a quick one-key method of
calling a colleague or simply to
acknowledge an alarm.
Owing to the build quality and
robustness of the handset, the
C3110P carries a full three-year
warranty, improving ROI and
reducing its ownership costs.
The handsets' large screen and
colour-coded graphics make text
messages instantly understandable,
the digital sound system delivers
crystal clear audio and its strong
construction and rubberised casing
withstands rough use. The handset is
drop-tested and water and dust
resistant, in compliance with IP65
classification.
