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AssigneeParadigm Flow Services Limited
InventorsHugh MacKenzie, Ashley Thomson
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A communicator (1) for monitoring a worker in a work environment when carried or worn by said worker, the communicator (1) comprises: a transmitter (7) for communicating with abase station remote from the communicator (1); a location monitoring means (3) for monitoring the location of the communicator (1) and for continuously or intermittently sending to the base station worker location data associated with the respective communicator (1) and/or the worker wearing or carrying the communicator (1); a fall detection device (4) configured to detect a fall event of a worker carrying or wearing the communicator (1); an input means (5) operable by the worker carrying or wearing the communicator (1); and an alarm (8; 9) configured to activate if a fall of the worker has been detected by the fall detection device (4), where the communicator (1) is configured to transmit a fall warning to the base station using the transmitter (7) when the fall detection device (4) detects a fall event of a person carrying or wearing the communicator (1) unless the input means (5) is activated to prevent the transmission, wherein the alarm (8; 9) is configured to activate only if a fall warning has been or is being transmitted.
A communicator for monitoring a worker in a work environment when carried or worn by said worker, the communicator comprising:
Communicator according to any preceding claim, comprising a manual override means operable by the worker.
Communicator according to any preceding claim, wherein the processor is configured to maintain a log of worker location data and/or worker status data comprising data relating to detected falls of workers.
Communicator according to any preceding claim, comprising a housing configured to protect the transmitter, the location monitoring means, the fall detection device and the input means from damage from a fall of the worker and/or from dropping of the communicator by the worker onto a surface.
Communicator according to any proceeding claim, comprising an impact protection means.
Communicator according to any preceding claim, comprising a transceiver which is operable by the worker to communicate with one or more further worker having a further communicator and or with the base station.
System for monitoring workers in a work environment, the system comprising:
A method of monitoring workers in a work environment, the method comprising the steps of:
Method according to claim 17, comprising a step g) of notifying the worker, using a notification means of the communicator, that a fall warning will be transmitted using the communicator's transmitter unless the input means is activated.
Method according to claim 18, wherein notifying the worker comprises providing a visual and/or aural notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.