Worker and visitor safety
SOS and last-known position for everyone on the premises
Staff, contractors and visitors each carry a tag. Press SOS and your team gets an alarm showing where that person was last seen.
How it works
Give each person a tag
On a lanyard or clip. You name each tag yourself, for example after the person or a visitor badge number. Each tag needs a gateway in range.
SOS raises an alarm
It appears in Powoflow in your browser, and as a notification on your phone with the mobile app, with the tag's last-known position.
It stays up until someone answers it
The alarm banner holds until a person acknowledges it, so it cannot scroll out of sight.
Reset it when the person is safe
After the alarm is acknowledged and the wearer is safe, you reset it. The alarm stays in the alarm history.
Know when a tag goes quiet
A tag that stops reporting is flagged, against the interval the device itself reports.
Lone workers out of range of a gateway
Garmin inReach devices bring satellite messenger SOS into the same alarm list.
Tracking people needs their trust
Tell people what the tag does before they wear it. These are the questions your team will ask.
Who can see a location
Every user in your account can see every tag, including read-only users. There are no per-person limits yet, so decide who gets a login before you start. Our support staff can see a tag's last position when helping with a device.
When it reports
On a fixed schedule that you set, around the clock. There is no off-duty mode, so collect tags at the end of a shift.
Keep it inside your own account
Public sharing is off by default. Do not turn it on for a tag worn by a person, because it publishes their exact position.
How long it is kept
Positions, SOS events and alarm history are kept for as long as your workspace exists. An administrator can choose a shorter period in Settings, no less than 90 days. Changing plan does not affect this. Deleting a tag removes its position history, but alarm records stay.
Telling your people
Each tag holder gets a notice explaining what the tag records and why. We will give you a card to start from.
In Norway
Position tracking is a control measure under the Working Environment Act. Consult employee representatives before you start. We will help with the notice and a data protection impact assessment template.
What it does not do
- No zones or restricted-area alerts.
- No indoor position. Tags report position outdoors.
- No man-down or fall detection. Someone has to press the button.
- No headcount or muster roll.
- Your own people receive and act on alarms, at all hours. We do not watch them for you.
- It does not replace your emergency procedures or call emergency services for you.
- People wearing a tag have no login of their own. Requests to see or remove their data come through you.
Walk through it with your safety lead
We will go through the places you work, your gateway coverage and the privacy questions.