ANT Telecom supplies lone worker system to Paralloy

ANT Telecom has provided Paralloy, a manufacturer of specialist cast tubes and fittings for use in high temperature and corrosive environments, with a lone worker solution to enhance the safety of its ‘at risk’ employees. This category includes those working at height and with hazardous materials, as well as employees working unsociable hours and operating on their own for long periods of time.

Six GSM mobile lone worker safety devices, equipped with a panic button and tilt sensors, and fitted with GPS ANT Telecom’s Alarm Messaging Server (AMS) have been supplied by ANT Telecom. This allows lone workers to send an alarm – delivered to the AMS by SMS, voice call, Wi-Fi, two-way radio, contact switch or over an LAN/WAN IP connection. Paralloy’s lone workers, which work at height, with hazardous materials and alone for long periods of time, manufacture precision components and assemblies for different markets including aerospace, industrial gas turbine and petrochemical.

Prior to its work with ANT Telecom, Paralloy was operating a buddy system at its site based in Billingham, whereby a lone worker would check in and then receive check calls from security every thirty minutes. This time consuming and manual process was not as reliable and robust as Paralloy wanted it to be. Now, if an employee has an accident they can immediately raise an alarm by pressing the panic button

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