SAFETY IN THE PLANT
Could monitoring technology be the next step in safety for your business?
a safe working environment, along with stationary measurements and video footage. Live monitoring also enables informed decisions, e.g., what kind of tasks should be carried out efficiently at which locations during an assignment.
in two ways: monitoring of people and facilities. For instance, a worker’s portable multi-gas detector with a Bluetooth interface sends data to the control room via the cloud throughout the day. Tis provides total plant visibility and creates
ADDED VALUE OF REAL-TIME MONITORING Contrary to popular opinion, live monitoring is not always about tracking employees. Instead, it’s a case of keeping track of their work-related doings and whereabouts. Here’s another example: a worker is in danger and his portable gas detector indicates high gas concentration and alerts. Te operator in charge can react immediately, send a rescue team and warn nearby workers to escape. In a conventional scenario, it would take much longer to locate workers at often hard-to- reach locations or even to register their alarms. Live Monitoring by Dräger can indeed save lives, time and money. It collects available safety data points from workers, contractors and assets to build a life-saving system – even from hazardous and lone work areas. As a result, safety standards can be maintained during plant operations, even with an increasing shortage of skilled workers. In addition, safety gaps can be identified and eliminated during maintenance and repair work, even though many third-party contractors are on-site. Any event that requires attention comes into focus thanks to location- and time-independent access. Te collected data turns individual
products into an intelligent solution containing historical and current data and continuously provides information for preventive measures and warning purposes.
DATA SECURITY AND ACCESS Cybersecurity plays a crucial role in every phase of the development cycle of Dräger’s Smart Safety solutions. Te firm’s primary solution, Gas Detection Connect, works as software-as-a-service using Microsoft’s Azure Cloud. Te software is browser-based, with no local data storage. Operated by Dräger and hosted by Microsoft, only the customer owns the data.
As Live Monitoring by Dräger includes
X-Node is a measuring and analysis system for monitoring gas concentrations
new and innovative applications, there are understandable fears of contact with the system, and the surveillance myth
Gas Detection Connect is a cloud-based solution that turns individual monitoring products into one smart system
is omnipresent. Terefore, making a clear distinction between monitoring and surveillance is essential. Monitoring usually refers to work-related activities, which should be strictly confined to that matter. Surveillance practices, however, potentially come down to intrusive and pervasive tracking of all kinds of information, whether work-related or not. Tey also imply that workers may not be aware that they are being monitored. Te Live Monitoring solution includes flexible user rights management allowing to regulate who can view and work with the recorded data. Furthermore, location information is linked to the monitoring of working conditions only. Tailored user access also allows displaying roles and responsibilities within the plant or organisation. To ensure individual privacy, recorded data not required for documentation purposes will be deleted.
WHAT NEXT? In summary, it is worth considering whether this type of monitoring technology could be the next step for your industry – to increase the safety of employees as well as processes.
Katharina Meese is with Dräger.
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