HEALTH & SAFETY
REAL-TIME DATA HELPS IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES Gas detector check-ins and check-outs can be extremely slow and inefficient. Tey are, however, crucial to ensuring that workers use their PPE devices correctly – and that the devices are properly returned to the fleet. Based on its work with clients across a variety of industries around the world, MSA estimates that roughly 20% of gas detection devices never make it back to the fleet. Not only are the devices lost, but in a disconnected programme, the data is also gone forever.
Tanks to a connected programme, safety managers can assign a device to a worker, enabling real-time, worker-specific data. Tat, in turn, can lead to significant operational efficiencies, including: automated check-in and check-out for daily, project-specific, and long-term use; increased worker accountability for the device and its whereabouts; faster understanding of what’s happening with the worker, including the type and level of exposure; and easier identification of noncompliant workers (those that ignore alarms and remain in a hazardous environment) so they can be trained or re-trained on proper safety procedures and protocols.
Connected workers are safer workers
data is having your hardware or gas detection devices connected to both the right software and to the cloud through a seamlessly integrated solution. While the device does its job of collecting data, the software does its job of empowering safety managers with information and insights that let you drive a more proactive safety culture. Even better is that this creates a more unified and streamlined workflow. No relying on cumbersome file transfers and downloads. No more time spent on the arduous and complicated task of piecing together information for incident reporting. A comprehensive hardware-plus-
software connected gas detection solution gives the entire safety team a single, go-to place (accessible anytime, anywhere with an internet connection) for the data and support required to support operational efficiency and enhanced worker and worksite safety.
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REAL-TIME DATA BETTER SAFEGUARDS LONE WORKERS FOR BETTER PEACE OF MIND Tere are more than 50 million lone workers in the USA, Canada and Europe, most of whom are found in the oil & gas, telecommunications, utilities, construction
Lone workers experience uniquely hazardous working conditions
and industrial industries. It’s no secret to lone workers or their safety managers that their working conditions are uniquely and inherently fraught with a variety of potential hazards, including accidents, emergencies, and illnesses that require trained, capable, and properly equipped workers to do their jobs under such conditions. Connected workers, on the other hand, can be better kept free from harm. Compliance, fleet manager or live monitoring services extend visibility, helping ensure that critical data points are delivered in real-time from on-site workers to off-site safety managers. Not only does this help protect the lone worker from gas exposures, but it also connects them to real and tangible help when needed. As any lone worker can attest, working alone is not the same as being alone. Tanks to in-the-moment monitoring and real-time data, lone workers can have the peace of mind that comes from knowing their safety team has their back whenever and wherever they’re on the job.
WHAT SAFETY TEAMS CAN DO A connected work platform can seamlessly integrate connected workers, connected workflows and connected worksites to help build and maintain a flexible and proactive safety programme that only gets better with time. Now that you know the benefits of a connected gas detection programme, the next step is to take a deeper dive into understanding where you are on your connected journey and identifying the right partner to help support your organisation’s safety, productivity and compliance goals.
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