Give Your Workers More Control With Timed Activity 

The Timed Activity feature allows users to set a one-time timer for specific activities. It’s designed to enhance employee safety during tasks that may have varying time requirements or present different levels of risk.   How does the Timed Activity work? …

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Ways to request help with Ok Alone

One of the best things about Ok Alone is the choices! You have so many options on whether to use features or not or if you even want them in the first place. Some choices can be made in advance …

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Out of Hours Alerts

Our Out of Hours Alerts service lets you choose the monitors that should be alerted if the alert occurs out of normal business hours. Learn more about Out of Hours Alerts in this short video…

Alert Loops

Alert loops in Ok Alonw

The Alert Loop is a series of steps that will be taken if an alert is triggered. Alerts that can trigger the Alert Loop to run include Help alerts, missed check ins, man/worker down alerts and high-risk check ins. How …

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Using what3words to Locate your Lone Workers

Ok Alone has partnered with what3words to provide worker locations in their 3 word format, for example ///limit.broom.flip What is what3words? When responding to incidents, knowing exactly where they are is key for us to respond quickly. The challenge is that …

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Worker Safety Awards Dashboard

Workers now have their own Awards Dashboard where they can see how well they are doing with lone working each month and view all their report cards and certificates. How to View the Awards Dashboard To see these, they need …

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Introducing Safety Award Certificates and Report Cards

Here at Ok Alone, we have made some improvements to the Safety Awards program introducing Report Cards and Certificates. Report Cards Report Cards are a visual way for workers to see their achievements from each month and be inspired to do better.  …

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Monitor Access Levels

Within the Ok Alone System there are three levels of Monitor. The levels limit what a Monitor sees or accesses on the Ok Alone dashboard. These depend on the level of access a Monitor needs to carry out their role. …

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Start and End Shift Reminders

Start and End shift reminders help workers manage their shifts when lone working. What are Start and End Shift Reminders Start Shift Reminder: A start shift reminder sends a worker an SMS, email, or makes a phone call to remind …

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Setting up a Group Escalation Procedure

Group escalation

An Escalation Procedure is a set of step by step instructions a monitor needs to follow if a worker fails to check in or requests immediate help. Within the Ok Alone system there is a hierarchy of Escalation Procedures. What …

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Instructions for Creating Worker Groups

Within the Ok Alone system, you can create worker groups. We have changed the way worker groups are created to make it an easier, more streamlined process. Please follow these step by step instructions on how to create new groups …

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Get More Precise Lone Worker Locations with Beacons

Having a lone worker monitoring system is vital for protecting staff. GPS location data received from mobile phones helps to find workers in emergencies. The data, which is updated every 2 seconds to 2 minutes, gives the last known location …

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Windows/Web App for Workers

There is now a desktop version of Ok Alone available. Perfect for desk based lone workers who need lone worker protection.

How to Set up Extended Privacy for Monitors

There are two main roles in the Ok Alone universe, the Worker and the Monitor. Both have access to their own specific areas. The workers use the app and the monitors use the dashboard. Workers do not have access to …

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Live Monitoring and SMS/Call Plan Explained

Live Monitoring Sometimes worker’s shifts occur outside of standard working hours. Live monitoring ensures someone is always available if workers need assistance. Live monitoring is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year Completely flexible …

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Annual Party Case Study

We love hearing stories about our customers and how our system has helped them. Recently we heard the best story yet, our system saved somebody’s life! This is why we developed Ok Alone, so to say we were excited to …

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Safety Awards, What’s In It For Me?

Well, first off and most importantly, this system could literally save your life (see Annual Party case study). Secondly the Ok Alone lone worker solution helps you stay safe and allows you to log your safe practises and compete with colleagues and …

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Safety Awards, What Does my Business Get Out of it?

In a major long-term study, companies that had the best corporate cultures, that encouraged all-around leadership initiatives and that highly appreciated their employees, customers and owners grew 682 percent in revenue.¹ During the same period of evaluation — 11 years — companies without a thriving company …

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Why Gamification Improves Engagement

In 2019 TalentLMS conducted a survey to examine how gamified elements change the state of training, productivity, motivation, and employee engagement. The following results are from a pool of 526 people who use gamification in their workplace. 89% of employees say …

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What is Live Monitoring?

There are times when you don’t have anyone available to monitor the safety of your team. Everyone is busy doing their own job and remembering to call or check-in with people can be difficult. If you do have someone who …

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What is a ‘Monitor’?

When using the Ok Alone lone worker solution you will see the word ‘Monitor’ throughout the website, but what does that actually mean? A monitor is the person who is contacted if a worker doesn’t check in on time or …

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Understanding a Pricing Plan

Subscriptions to the Ok Alone system are within the budget of even the most cost conscious organisations. With no set-up fees or long term contracts, you can be quickly up and running for as little as $8/£7 per person per …

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Working from Home with Amazon Alexa & Echo Devices

What is Alexa? Alexa is a cloud-based voice service from Amazon. Alexa is the brain behind Amazon Echo and other Alexa-enabled devices. Using Alexa is as simple as asking a question—just ask, and Alexa will respond instantly. Meet Alexa View our …

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Sending a Help Alert

If you find yourself in a situation where you need someone to either come and help or call you immediately then Ok Alone has a help feature which makes this quick and easy. There are three options for requesting help …

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WhatsApp Notifications

Ok Alone has now incorporated WhatsApp into its lone worker system. Get monitor and worker notifications through WhatsApp when working alone. The system is available to use all over the world. This great service means your company and you can …

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Man Down in the Ok Alone Dashboard

What is Man Down? Man down (worker down) systems are calibrated to detect movement, or a lack of movement. Using a worker’s own phone (iPhone or Android) the Man Down feature can be set to a period of time (3 minutes- …

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Workers and Monitors? Do I have to watch a screen all day if I’m a Monitor? Monitors have access to a webpage that gives them the latest information about their team.  However, there are many good reasons for …

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How to set up a Safety Zone for your Workers

A Safety Zone allows you to setup a safe area for your Worker to operate in – if they leave this area during a shift, their designated Monitor(s) will be alerted. Set Up the Safety Zone First access a worker’s …

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Getting Started on Android

Download App Go to the App Store on your Android phone. Search ‘Ok Alone lone worker app’. Click the ‘Install’ button to install the app on your phone. Get Pin Your Monitor (the person in your company who is your …

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GPS Settings and Monitoring on Android

The Ok Alone app uses gps to get your current location so it can be used in case of emergency. How to Check your Location settings Open the menu and choose Location Settings You can choose your required location setting …

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Activating the Man Down Function on Android

Man Down uses your phone’s sensors to detect your movement. What is Man Down? The ‘Man Down’ function notifies a worker’s office if there has been no movement within a set amount of time (3 minutes – 1 hour). If …

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How to Send a Message to Your Monitor on Android

While you’re out and about during your shift you might need to send some information to your monitor. The route plan for your journey – Your mileage – Information about your specific location if you are going out of network …

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Getting Started on your iPhone

Here are the steps to get started on your iPhone Download App Go to the App Store on your smart phone. Search ‘Ok Alone lone worker app’. Click the ‘Get’ button to install the app on your phone. Get PIN …

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