How the StaySafe app is keeping lone workers safe
Summary
Picking up the Ultimate App award at the techies this year, StaySafe is a mobile application designed to monitor employees that work and travel alone or in remote locations. "So, his problem was that he now had guys going out on their own, to either the side of the road or a building site or the middle of field, and they were now carrying £30,000 worth of stuff on their shoulders. If, however, theyre unconscious lying in a basement cause they cracked their head on a pipe or whatever, they will, almost by definition, fail to check-in, so an automatic alarm will go then," Says Cameron. Its likely that companies that hire lone workers are already using some sort of monitoring protocols, whether it be full-tracking hardware or something as simple as calling to check in with head office at set times during the day. "In particular, the reduction in cost of this will mean, for people in really remote areas whore out of cellular coverage for a long time, will have solutions, which will be a much more sensible fit, says Cameron.