Lone worker partnership

All PSE member companies are now entitled to a 30% discount off LoneALERT packages thanks to the new partnership, which will allow companies to meet their Duty of Care to employees and ensure workers feel safe on the job.

Workers in the sanitation industry face daily risks, from the lone truck driver travelling the length and breadth of the country to deliver portable sanitation units to the installation worker surrounded by swathes of strangers at music festivals away from home, the on-site supervisor left on a building site with unfamiliar industrial equipment or the secretary facing possibly aggressive customers.

LoneALERT is a comprehensive suite of products to protect staff working alone, remotely or who are vulnerable. It uses complex patented technology written by Birmingham-based Advance IT solutions.

Lone workers check in at the start of their shift or hazardous activity and can raise a panic alarm in the event of distress. Automatic alerts are sent if workers do not check out within their allocated timeframe.

It is available in a simple text format, Smartphone app, as a ‘Man Down’ device which automatically detects falls or an ‘Anywhere’ device ideal for remote locations that works via GPS without a mobile phone signal. A specialist web portal also allows workers to create, update and cancel check-in times while an admin area gives permitted staff the ability to view an enormous amount of information relating to their workforce and LoneALERT account.

Martin Murdoch, General Secretary of Portable Sanitation Europe, said: "One of the fantastic elements of LoneALERT is its flexible nature which means it meet the needs of each and every one of our members."