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Safepoint is an award-winning platform that allows businesses to ensure the safety of their employees, whilst easily staying compliant with today's health and safety regulations.
About
Imagine you're restocking a supermarket on a night shift, working alone in a warehouse, or even delivering goods by vehicle. Something goes wrong, you get attacked by a customer, or trapped under a fallen shelf. Who knows you're in trouble? Who knows where you are? Who's coming to help? The alarming fact is for the majority of businesses the answer is nobody. Safepoint is an award-winning platform that solves this problem, allowing businesses to ensure the safety of their employees, whilst easily staying compliant with today's health and safety regulations. We were inspired by the heart-breaking story of Robert Geach - an engineer at a water treatment plant who died whilst servicing a filtration system. Geach sadly slipped and knocked himself unconscious before drowning in a shallow pool of water. It was over four hours before his colleagues had even realised he was missing. Had Robert been found sooner, he could still be alive today. There are millions of lone workers like Robert in the UK that are at risk of violence, ill-health and accidents as a result of working alone. Safepoint harnesses the power of the cloud, modern mobile technology and portable hardware devices to create a product that has the potential to save the lives of lone working staff members. What's more, our technology makes it easier than ever for employers to stay compliant with government regulations. Safepoint consists of: a mobile application available on both Android and iOS devices, a web portal that can be accessed through any modern web browser, portable hardware devices, and a 24/7 365 human-monitored alarm receiving centre. Lone workers use the mobile app or hardware device to log tasks, signal for help in emergencies and share their safety information, such as their GPS location. The web portal, in combination with the alarm receiving centre, can then be used to monitor lone workers, respond to emergencies and make informed safety decisions with real-time data.
Key Benefits
The health and safety industry is often a sector that lags behind when it comes to technological innovation. One common complaint is that software is clunky, difficult to use, and feels outdated. When it comes to products that can make the difference between life and death, this is simply unacceptable. Existing products fail because end users either cannot, or choose not to use the very tools that are supposed to protect them. The cornerstone of the Safepoint platform is simplicity. We have a distinct focus on user-experience: Safepoint is designed to be a pleasure to use. The Safepoint web portal and mobile application have been developed alongside the organisations and individuals that will be using it, ensuring that our platform is intuitive, easy-to-understand and fit for purpose. Safepoint is built on some of the most cutting-edge technology available to software engineers today. Amazon Web Services provides the core of our infrastructure; however, we also employ a document-oriented database for maximum scalability. We also employ a complete continuous-integration and deployment pipeline allowing us to safely release platform updates on an almost daily basis. This high-tech and reliable infrastructure means that we can update and expand Safepoint’s functionality at a rapid pace, delivering maximum benefit to our clients. Protecting remote-working staff that can be almost anywhere at any time is an incredibly difficult task. However, this is a problem that Safepoint has solved by leveraging technology that businesses use every day – the smartphone. Safepoint streams safety data, such as location, signal, and battery levels to provide a full, real-time picture of a lone worker’s safety status. We call this the ‘Safety Audit Trail’. We also break the geographical boundary when it comes to distribution. As a cloud-based platform, Safepoint is available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Combined with our affordability and ease of use, this opens up the market to more businesses, removing the barriers that might have prevented them from deploying reliable and effective safety software.
Applications
Safepoint is currently deployed protecting staff members in a wide-range of industries: Sectors we are currently in: (active businesses in the UK) - Agriculture - Estate Agency - Social Care - Charity - Global shipping (Middle East/africa) - Renewables - Engineering / Construction - Travelling accountancy / finance - Office-based workers - Security staff