Not every job is dangerous, but every employer is responsible for the safety of their employees in the workplace. One of the best ways for employers to meet their legal and moral obligations to their employees is to provide first aid training to employees. Having employees trained provides benefits that aren’t always obvious.

When summertime rolls around, it’s easy to forget that even the clearest weather and sunshine can create hazards when working outdoors. If you find yourself working alone outside, you’ll need to take extra precautions as any potential problems are made worse when you’re away from help.

When you think about a safe business, you should think about more than safety as something you can provide for your workers at a cost to yourself. Safety, when done right, can make your workers safe and will make your business safer from a financial perspective. This transforms safety into a two-way street that has serious beneficial implications for your organization.

In the third part of our January Tech Check, we're looking at technologies available to protect lone workers. SafetyLine supports a variety of technologies, which means that you may have a tough decision when it comes to purchasing devices.

You love your career as a real-estate agent - it comes with a lot of freedom and flexibility, and can be very financially rewarding. However, by the fact you may be working alone, you could be putting yourself at risk to having an accident without aid being notified immediately, or even violent attacks.

Scalable technology has become more important than ever for small and medium sized businesses. In a global market, businesses need the ability to place employees anywhere at any time. To meet this demand, companies are increasingly turning to service providers and purchasing software as a service (SaaS) for their technology needs.

Every 7 minutes, someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke. If a co-worker was experiencing symptoms of a stroke or heart attack at a job site, would you be able to recognize the signs and take action?

Balancing lone worker safety and budget can seem like mixing oil and water, but it doesn't have to. In this article, we look at how oil and gas companies can keep their budget in check while keeping workers safe.

If you want a successful safety meeting, it’s important to get the attention of your staff early. The best way to engage an audience is to show them how your topic relates to themselves. When you’re talking about safety, the best way to get buy-in is to show your staff the repercussions of bad practices.

Many companies don’t realize how many of their employees – whether on contract or work full-time – actually have some aspect of their job where they work alone. Working alone comes with it’s own unique set of hazards and challenges, so it’s important to be clear on the work alone definition and categories.

Satellite technologies have evolved to the point that nearly every smart device comes equipped with the ability to track and report GPS location. The workforce has picked up on this trend, and many employers today use satellite devices to track their workers and assets in remote areas.

If you’re currently relying on a panic button for your personal safety, or if you’re thinking about investing in a panic button, you may want to think again. Is the reason you’re using a panic button because it’s the best way to keep safe, or is it because it’s what you’ve always used?

Lone workers have unique risks and hazards that are not always obvious, like poor access to communications or difficulty getting help during an emergency. In this article, we'll look at how lone worker safety technology is evolving in the 21st century.

According to OSHA, slips trips and falls are second only to motor vehicles as a cause of fatalities, resulting in 15% of all accidental deaths. Read below for 6 tips that will help you avoid slips, trips, and falls in your workplace.

When it comes to finding a safety solution for your workers, you have an important choice to make. One of the traditional methods for handling emergency responses is the traditional call centre, either internal or external. With a call centre comes the question of reliability, and the greatest question of all, “am I really safe?”

Instead of using automatic check-ins, SafetyLine depends on workers to report their own safety. In this article, we’ll look at why SafetyLine uses a proactive check-in system instead of an automatic one.

With the criminal code in Canada revised to make companies or individuals criminally liable for not taking safety precautions, it is more important than ever to be aware of hazards in the workplace and to be scrupulous about hazard assessments. Don't risk unnecessary prosecution - here are 5 steps you can take to ensure your workplace hazard assessment is as comprehensive as possible.

Safety is about more than just policies, equipment, and training. A safe work space should make safety a priority throughout the organization. In this article, we'll look creating the kind of safety culture that your employees will want to follow.

Ergonomic hazards can not only affect the worker: the employer can suffer slower productivity, lower morale in staff, and higher disability and insurance claims.

If your organization subscribes to use Motion Features, you’ll have access to three new functions that make use of a device’s internal accelerometer. These new features bring extra functionality and improved safety measures to the mobile app. These improved features include man down, fall detection, and shake for emergency, and have been engineered and designed based on your feedback.