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US 7,410,101 B2Granted
Technician safety confirmation
AssigneeQMS Outsource
InventorRichard Jeffrey Lewis
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Abstract
The present invention provides safety confirmation or hazard warning to a technician in the field, e.g., by scanning an equipment identification label and comparing the identification to a schedule of equipment inactivation times. The systems and methods of the invention can optionally provide remote interactions to reschedule inactivations or to protect the technician by lock-out from a hazardous condition.
Claims6
A technician safety system comprising:
- a portable computer;
- and,
- a technician safety lock-out device separate from and controllable by the portable computer and associated with a hazardous work site or piece of equipment;
- whereby a technician can input information into the portable computer to deactivate the technician safety lock-out device, wherein the lock-out device is not deactivated if a hazardous condition exists at the work site or piece of equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.