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Lone WorkerYou Might Have Lone Workers (And Not Know It)
When most people think about lone workers, they picture oil rig operators in remote locations or utility workers fixing power lines in isolated areas. High-risk jobs in places where help is hours away. That’s not wrong...
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Lone WorkerThe Retail Safety Gap: How We Guide Businesses Through Comprehensive Lone Worker Protection
At 6 AM, a single employee unlocks the doors to a convenience store, begins the opening routine, and for the next two hours becomes one of...
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Lone WorkerLone Worker Compliance Law in Canada: Everything You Need to Know in 2025
Lone Worker Compliance Law in Canada: Everything You Need to Know in 2025 📌 Table of Contents Introduction What is Lone Worker Compliance...
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Lone WorkerThe Ultimate Guide to Lone Worker Safety: Protecting Canada’s Remote and Solo Employees | ProTELEC Checkmate
The Ultimate Guide to Lone Worker Safety: Protecting Canada’s Remote and Solo Employees | ProTELEC Checkmate Why Lone Worker Safety Matters...
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Lone WorkerEnsuring Lone Worker Safety in Canada’s Property Management Industry (2025)
The property management industry across Canada encompasses a wide range of roles, each with unique responsibilities and risks.
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Lone Worker SafetyBack to School: Should you be protecting staff with a Lone Worker Safety App?
School campuses tend to be loud and busy places when classes are in session. However, after the students have gone home the administrative...
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Lone Worker SafetySeat Belts and Working Alone Monitoring Systems – What Do They Have in Common?
For most people, using a seatbelt is habitual and nearly automatic. We reach for it as soon as we get into a vehicle, and without thinking...
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Lone Worker SafetySafety Checks In Areas With Intermittent Cell Service
Lack of consistent cell service can make the use of a safety check app, automated calls, or safety check text messaging difficult. As a...
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Lone Worker SafetyProtecting High-Risk Retail Workers
The lone-working requirements of retail jobs are often overlooked, but it is actually a job sector with unique and high-levels of risk When...
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Lone Worker SafetyHow to Perform a Lone Worker Risk Assessment
A consistent risk assessment approach can ensure that your safety program is effective and meets regulatory requirements
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Lone Worker SafetyThe Definition of “Workplace” is Evolving. Are You Keeping Up With Regulations?
The world of work has recently undergone dramatic and lasting changes.
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Lone Worker SafetySummer Work & Heat Wave Safety Tips
Heat stress can be particularly dangerous for employees working alone. The summer risks to outdoor workers may seem obvious, with many jobs...
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Lone Worker SafetyHow Serious is the Hazard of Working Alone?
The hazards of some jobs can be obvious, such as the risk of a machinery accident or when working with dangerous chemicals. However, the...
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Lone Worker SafetySafety for Seasonal Lone Workers
Across North America, governments and businesses are hiring additional workers for the upcoming summer. The duties and responsibilities of...
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Lone WorkerAre Your Employees Using CheckMate When They Should?
We understand how hard it can be to remember even the most basic to-do items in daily life, especially these days. Habit-building can take...
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Personal SafetyMedication Reminders for Your Patients
Are you concerned your clients may forget to take their medications? With our automated reminder service, pharmacies and healthcare...
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Personal SafetySafety Solutions for Residential Facilities and Home Healthcare
High demand for senior’s housing will challenge property and facility managers to provide effective preventative safety measures as part of...
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Lone Worker SafetyThe Importance of Alert Contacts
If a lone worker misses a safety check or taps the ‘Emergency’ button in their Safe Alone app, an alarm is generated in the ProTELEC...
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Lone Worker SafetySafe Alone app v2.3 Feature Updates
We are pleased to announce improved features and location tracking updates in our recently released CheckMate Safe Alone v2.3 app. With...
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Lone Worker SafetyCreating a Culture of Safety in the Workplace
What can you do to create a culture of safety throughout your organization? If you are reading this post, chances are you’ve already...
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Lone Worker SafetyWinter Work Safety Tips
There are many outdoor jobs that carry an increased risk of serious cold injury due to exposure during the winter months. Along with cold...
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Lone Worker SafetyDoes a Safety Service Provide You with a Return on Your Investment?
Safety products and services are often viewed as bottom-line costs and when you add the costs of what could or might happen, you can...
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Workplace SafetyOutbreak Prevention with Temperature Screening at Entryways
Protecting your employees and keeping your business operational is now more important than ever. Outbreaks of coronavirus or influenza can...
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Lone WorkerIs Working from Home, Working Alone?
If your business is like ours, when COVID-19 hit, you looked at how you could continue operate without putting your employees and customers...
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Lone WorkerManaging Lone Worker Safety Checks: CheckMate Dashboard Tools & Tips
You and your company have committed to ensuring the safety of all employees and through CheckMate, the safety of employees that work alone...
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Lone WorkerWhat happens when Lone Worker Safety isn’t monitored?
What happens when employees Working Alone or Working in Isolation are not checked on? This answer can be summed up in one unfortunate word...
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Lone WorkerThe Increasing Importance of Lone Worker Safety
Lone workers represent a significant portion of the workforce with approximately 25 – 49 million employed lone workers worldwide. It seems...
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Lone WorkerTips for Working in Cold Weather
To reduce the potential for injury or disease you need to control the risk. The most effective way to do this is to eliminate the risk...
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Lone WorkerHelp Keep Your Employees Safe This Holiday Season
Winter is a time for the holidays, and it’s also a time to take extra caution to keep your employee’s safe! Statistics show that workplace...
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Lone WorkerDo you have a lone worker working for you?
Do you know that being a lone worker is not necessarily a full-time job? For example, a worker might work in the office with other...
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Lone WorkerAging Workforce
The Canadian workforce is aging, and an aging workforce means aging employees in the workplace. According to the Canadian Centre for...
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Lone WorkerAre You Protecting Your Employees?
Are your employees being checked on at regular, scheduled intervals? Is there documentation of these safety checks for auditing purposes?
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