Tsunami’s SafetyLine Protects the Royal City
Vancouver, BC, July 8, 2003 – Tsunami is very
pleased to announce that the City of New Westminster has
chosen SafetyLine to monitor the City personnel who work
alone.
SafetyLine will automatically watch over those City
employees who work alone or in isolation, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
Throughout Canada safety regulations require that all
employees who work alone or in isolation must be monitored
by their employer. Prior to SafetyLine, adhoc human based
monitoring services have been utilized. In many cases,
these adhoc solutions were proving to be both ineffective
and costly. The SafetyLine automated monitoring service is
guaranteed to detect all potential emergency conditions
and ensure that help will be provided to the lone worker.
SafetyLine has also proven itself to cost a fraction of a
human based call centre. SafetyLine is a classic case of
how automation can provide improved functionality at a
lower cost.
Over 60 companies or organizations with thousands of
employees (including City of Calgary, Environment Canada,
Suncor, BC Government, HydroONE, Terasen Gas, Scott Paper,
Conoco, BC Corp of Commissionaires, Imperial Oil
Pipelines, etc.) can attest to the effectiveness of
SafetyLine.
While the safety of the Worker is the primary concern of
SafetyLine, it also addresses the protection of the
organization, its management, and in the case of
municipalities, the taxpayer. As the SafetyLine system is
computer based, detailed records are maintained to help
satisfy the “due diligence” requirements of the working
alone legislation.
There are more and more cases where employers are being
held responsible for not being in compliance with safety
regulations. Currently,
BCE is being sued for $5.4M and
Falconbridge Mines was fined $75,000 for violations of
safety regulations. SafetyLine not only protects the Lone
Worker but can also protect the municipality from claims
arising from injured employees. The extensive reports
generated by the system can be used to prove that the
employer has done everything reasonable to protect the
worker. The reports can also be used to audit employee
compliance with safety regulations.
