Thousands of workers die every year. It can be difficult to monitor the health and safety of workers, especially those working in open, large and difficult areas. According to Skysens, which provides industrial IoT solutions, it is possible to prevent risky situations with systems that can provide immediate intervention to workers who are in distress and need help.
The accidents that have occurred in the field of occupational health in recent years, many of which have resulted in fatal consequences, make it necessary for businesses to provide a safe production and operation environment. Providing wireless industrial IoT solutions, Skysens can prevent occupational accidents and deaths, especially those within the scope of high risk, and create safe and efficient work areas for employees.
“It is easy to track employees in open, wide and challenging areas.”
Stating that it is difficult to track workers, especially those working in open, wide and difficult areas, Skysens Co-Founder Burak Polat said, “The systems used to track workers and intervene in workers in emergencies are low-practicality and not very efficient. For example, both the costs of radios are very high and their batteries run out in a very short time, such as a few days, and they cannot provide efficient results, especially in open areas. Another option is SIM card-based systems, but most work sites do not have the infrastructure required for mobile phone communication. Even if this infrastructure is available, systems that work with SIM cards are not preferred much because they create an extra cost such as a monthly line bill. Moreover, their battery performance is no different from radios. The batteries of our IoT systems, which are based on our special technology that can work uninterruptedly over very long distances, can last up to five years. In this way, we provide ease of use and make it possible to prevent risky situations by immediately intervening in workers who are in trouble and need help.”
“Different tracking possibilities over a wide range via a single network”
Polat said, “Our special technology provides the best results especially in open areas. It is perfect for working environments with large outdoor areas such as construction sites, open mining sites, airports. Thanks to our special technology, even the location and movement information of workers working in very large distances can be easily obtained. We can instantly track the locations and movements of workers with our very small wireless devices that workers will carry with them or attach to their belts. We can detect whether workers working at high points have fallen due to sudden changes in their height or if they have been immobile for a long time. Similarly, there is an emergency button on our devices, and in difficult situations where they need help, they can instantly send an emergency signal to the relevant teams with the help of this button. The biggest difference we have created here is the battery life supported by our special communication technology. You can use the same device continuously for up to 5 years without any charging or battery change. With this, we provide the practicality that other systems cannot provide with much more affordable system costs. “With our special technology, in addition to worker tracking, it is also possible to track different systems used in this open area, track the location of vehicles or track the status of critical infrastructures. You can do all of these without making any other investments through a single network,” he concluded.