M-Trak
A lone worker or mobile phone tracking service through location based technologies. The HSE suggest the following definition "Lone workers are those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision. They are found in a wide range of situations".
Working alone is a common feature in the travel trade and rail industry where it is not unusual to have a ticket office, railway station or travel agency shop staffed by a single individual either permanently or temporarily. Another definition, that may be of greater use to TSSA H & S reps widens the scope to include job specific criteria: "A person is working alone when the person works alone in any environment where there are no other workers present who have knowledge of the work and workplace, and who are available to respond effectively to unusual occurrences or emergencies".
Wapfly have adapted the location services we provide so the employer can keep track on their employees. The employer would request each mobile phone is located several times during the day through a network ping and the locations sent back and held in a management system. This gives the employer total visibility on where the employees are at a particular times. This can help with corporate social responsibility and combat any wayward employees. We have seen moderate take up of this service but with the inclusion of pending legislation expect a an increase later in the year.
