What makes SafetyLine Lone Worker the best lone worker app?

In 1999, SafetyLine Lone Worker was founded in Vancouver, BC, Canada, to use innovative and user-centric technology to solve health, safety, and security challenges that people face every day.   Born from a customer’s need to effectively monitor the safety of their large staff of remote workers. SafetyLine Lone Worker has paved the way for an entire industry to grow around this critical issue, a safety issue that has continued to evolve and us with it.   

Every day, 24/7, SafetyLine reliably services and monitors more than 35,000 workers in Canada, the USA, and internationally. It provides an exceptional solution for both private and public organizations. As a pioneer who started protecting lone workers via automated check-ins (among other features) in 1999, there are a number of things about SafetyLine Lone Worker that many people do not know. Here are 10 things you didn’t know about SafetyLine:

10 things you didn’t know about SafetyLine

#1

SafetyLine was one of the original lone worker safety technology companies in Canada to help mandate the The Westray Law or former Bill C-45 for work alone regulations in Canada:  

Under the Westray bill (formerly Bill C-45), the Criminal Code has been amended such that  organizations and even individuals may be criminally liable for failure to take reasonable measures to protect employee safety and applies to the Code of Liabilities for Corporations 

#2

When founder Thomas Touhey first started SafetyLine, his goal and story was to, “create a complete safety network using an organizations' existing equipment.”  

#3

The idea for SafetyLine came from the challenge of protecting gas workers for Terasen Gas (now known as Fortis BC Energy) who were working alone.  

#4

Tsunami Solutions, the parent company of SafetyLine, has two other awesome products: Mustered and Hibou. 

#5

You can signal for an emergency with 6 ways through SafetyLine 

1. Fall detection 

2. Panic button (in-app and Bluetooth button) 

3. Missed check-in 

4. Motionless alert 

5. Shake for panic 

6. Phone-dial in 

You can view more features and benefits on SafetyLine Lone Workers benefits page 

#6

More than 30,000+ people use SafetyLine every day to protect vulnerable workers. Some of those people are the great staff at Seasons Health Therapies in Kamloops. View our case study here 

#7

 SafetyLine Lone Worker is an authorized reseller of Garmin and Globalstar satellite technology which perfectly complements the features of SafetyLine.  

#8

Tsunami constantly monitors Canadian federal and provincial safety legislation, as well as the United States and the rest of the world, so that we can continually adapt to changing circumstances in the workplace, providing the most innovative services and products possible. 

#9

While SafetyLine is known for its effective, automated check-in system, it also has powerful reporting capabilities which can be incredibly insightful when making safety improvements or to show due diligence in cases of accidents. 

#10

 Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, SafetyLine’s network extends globally, protecting workers in Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. 

Connect with SafetyLine to learn about how to protect your lone worker’s safety