A worker who is knocked out can't press a button. Neovigie's fall detection spots the incident and raises the alarm for them, with an AI algorithm built to tell a real fall apart from an ordinary work movement.
A fall is one of the most serious things that can happen to someone working alone, precisely because it can leave them unable to call for help. In several provinces, employers must monitor lone workers and give them a reliable way to summon aid.
A blackout, a slip, an impact: after a fall, the worker is often stunned or unconscious. An SOS button is useless if no one is able to press it.
Crude detection fires every time a worker crouches or works on the ground. Supervisors get ten false alerts for every real one and eventually tune them out.
A slow collapse from a blackout, a slide from a seated position: single-criterion detection lets them through. The device is in place, but it saw nothing.
A single acceleration threshold can't tell a fall from a work movement. That's exactly where multi-factor analysis changes things.
Three situations where multi-factor analysis makes the difference.
A worker who crouches or works on the ground no longer triggers an alert. Your supervisors handle real events only.
Impact fall, slow collapse from a blackout: multi-factor analysis covers scenarios a simple angle tilt misses.
Three sensitivity levels adjust to the context, from office to worksite, with no complex reconfiguration.
Detection doesn't rest on a single criterion, but on several factors measured together by the accelerometer.
Lone worker protection in Canada is set at the provincial level: provinces such as Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec require employers to assess the risk and provide an effective way to be monitored or call for help. See our lone worker regulation overview. A device that is never activated protects no one. Where a fall can leave a worker unconscious, reliable automatic detection becomes the logical way to meet that duty, since a manual alarm is useless when the worker can't act.
A Neovigie expert answers your questions!
Expert in Lone Worker technical solutions
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Benoît Pauillac is in charge of customer support at Neovigie. An expert in lone worker solutions, he supports companies in optimizing the protection of their workers, by ensuring responsive monitoring and an optimal user experience.
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The device continuously analyzes its accelerometer data. When the signature of a fall is recognized (acceleration, abrupt stop, stillness), a pre-alarm triggers on the device. Without the worker cancelling it, the alert goes to supervision with the location.
Only the device's accelerometer, never a gyroscope. The Neovigie algorithm combines several factors measured by that sensor to avoid false detections caused by work postures.
That's the weak point of basic detection. Neovigie's multi-factor algorithm tells a job movement apart from a real fall, and three sensitivity levels let you tune it to the role. The cancellable pre-alarm cuts unnecessary escalations further.
No rule mandates this specific technology. Several provinces require monitoring of lone workers and an effective way to call for help. Where a fall can cause unconsciousness, automatic detection becomes the fitting way to meet that duty, since the worker can no longer trigger the alarm themselves.
The lone worker app (smartphone), the standalone DATI device and the safety watch. The choice depends on your teams: a phone already in their pocket, a rugged dedicated device, or a discreet wrist unit that keeps hands free.
Yes. Three levels (Low, Medium, High) are set in the safety profile by the administrator. Higher sensitivity detects more but can raise false alarms, which is why it should match the context of each role.
