The Task Timer: Workplace Safety Beyond Cellular Networks and Mobile Data

The Task Timer from ANGEL React has always been a special passion project for us. We developed it at the express request of our customers and are confident that this feature can secure lone work in a very special way.

The Task Timer: Your Safety Net When the Network Fails

The Task Timer is a unique feature of ANGEL React in the field of lone worker systems. It ensures workplace safety even when a lack of cellular and data networks prevents an emergency call or alarm.

When is a Task Timer needed?

To answer this question, let’s take a short trip back in time to the past of any energy service company. 10 years ago, maybe even 5. A worker, let’s call him Tony, must go to a remote site, perhaps in the field, without mobile reception and data. Before leaving the company, he urgently informs colleagues: “Look for me if you haven’t heard anything from me within an hour!” With some luck, he has left the information with reliable colleagues. In the event of an accident, he will be searched for promptly – with some luck, as mentioned.

Ten years later, this situation has completely changed. On the one hand, Tony probably no longer goes to the remote site alone. In any case, he sets a Task Timer before starting work, and it definitely notifies Tony that he needs help. So, in 2024, getting help after an accident is no longer a matter of luck.

Emergency Alarm from Areas Without Cellular and Data Networks

There are work situations where you know there is no cellular or data reception. In basements, for example, or far out in the field. Service technicians in external companies also often do not have access to the company’s Wi-Fi or mobile data during their work. Without data, the ANGEL React app, like other lone worker systems, cannot send an emergency alarm. In this case, the Task Timer helps. It sends a Task Timer emergency alarm to the emergency contacts as soon as the set time expires.

How the Task Timer works in a few simple steps:

Set the time: Think about how long you will probably need for your work in the data-free area and enter this time in the Task Timer of the ANGEL React app.
Info to emergency contacts (optional): You can enter the time until expiration in the Task Timer and also provide information about what and where you are working. You can send this information to your emergency contacts via the app before you start your work. This way, they already know in advance that you are in a potentially dangerous work situation.
Pre-alarm before time expires: Before the time in the Task Timer expires, the system informs you with a pre-alarm. You now need access to (cellular) data by, for example, briefly leaving the basement. Back in the (cellular) data network, you can extend the time the Task Timer should run or acknowledge the Task Timer because you no longer need it.
Task Timer emergency alarm: If you do not acknowledge your Task Timer, an alarm is sent to your emergency contacts. They are informed about the task timer’s expiration date and the location where you set it up.
End of work: When finished in the (cellular) data-free area, turn off your Task Timer. Optionally, your emergency contacts are notified.

And it gets even better: Coming soon!

Our development team at ADRESYS is working on further improvements to the Task Timer. One of these concerns is location data. In the future, the Task Timer emergency alarm will no longer automatically send the location determined when the Task Timer was set. We will take care of updates in this regard. This means that in the future, as soon as the ANGEL React system briefly connects to cellular or mobile data with the Task Timer set, it will send new location information at regular intervals, which will be saved. And by the way, since data protection is very important to us at ADRESYS, we ensure that only the latest location data is saved. Every previous location info is irrevocably deleted as soon as new info is received.

We can look forward to this update in 2025. Worker Tony is already testing the feature, and we know that working life with ANGEL React remains always safe and usually quite exciting.

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Effective Emergency Detection during Work: Here’s How!

Securing lone work is a crucial aspect of modern work life. Emergency detection systems play a central role in ensuring that help can be provided quickly in the event of an accident. But what should you look for in such emergency systems?

Detection of motionlessness

A key feature of emergency detection is the detection of motionlessness. This is particularly important because serious emergencies often end with immobility. Good systems use sensitive accelerometers to distinguish between motionlessness and quiet work, such as reading emails. The sensors of such a system can detect even the slightest movements, minimizing false alarms. A multi-stage alarm process, starting with quiet warnings, ensures that only real emergencies are reported.

Fall detection

Another essential element of emergency detection is fall detection. Although the focus is on detecting motionlessness, fall detection can help shorten response time after an accident. A fall is typically detected in three phases: free fall, impact, and subsequent motionlessness. Systems that reliably detect these phases can call for help faster, minimizing the consequences of an accident.

Communication channels

Effective emergency detection systems should also enable seamless communication. Ideally, they notify emergency services and employees who can provide first aid on-site. The selection of emergency contacts must be flexible and adapted to the respective work situation. Various communication channels increase the likelihood that the alarm will be received quickly and reliably.

And now, the most crucial thing: Test the system!

If you are looking for a suitable emergency detection system for yourself and/or your employees, we recommend testing it before buying! Reputable sales outlets offer test options. If they don’t, you might ask yourself why they do not want to offer their system for trial. For example, a test will quickly show you that a device will be unusable in everyday life if it triggers too many alarms. Such a device will get on your nerves in no time. Usually, such emergency detection systems end up in the back of a desk drawer or the glove compartment of your car very quickly.

You can find out what other criteria you should consider when buying an emergency detection system in our paper “Deep Dive: Emergency Detection”. Feel free to download the paper and browse through it to get more information about emergency detection and the functionalities of emergency detection systems.

In the end, you will realize that ANGEL React is undoubtedly not the only helpful emergency detection system on the market. But it is the one that strikes the right balance: It is hardly noticeable during daily work, yet it helps you comprehensively and reliably in all emergency situations. It does what it is supposed to: Call for help as quickly and loudly as possible when needed – and avoid false alarms.

By the way, our systems can, of course, be tested! Just try our “Try and Buy” offer.

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Oh, là, là! ANGEL React 2.1 is here! Discover the many innovative functions now and update occupational safety in your company!

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