This article covers some tips and tricks we recommend to create effective safe zones. Follow these steps to benefit safety and reduce any friction from device users once the project kicks off! Let's dive in 👇🏻
Important steps to follow when creating geofences
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✅ Extend safe zone edges into safe areas: make your safe zones as wide as possible i.e. in to vegetation, without them encroaching on open lines or other hazards. This will stop workers getting unnecessary alerts.
✅ Add safe zones for access points and walkways: so track workers do not get alerts when they're safely accessing the infrastructure.
✅ Connect all safe zone edges: make sure there are no gaps between safe zones so workers do not get alerts when in areas of safety.
Important note: If drawing safe zones for Virtual Worksite Marker Board application, the safe zone should end 100m before the work site limits. Use the ruler tool to accurately check distances.
Connect all safe zone edges
When you have multiple safe zones in one site, use the edit tool and the magnet tool to drag the safe zone edges up to each other to cover all areas of safety.
For example: a gap between the access point safe zone and the track safe zone will result in the device alerting the user unnecessarily
Extend safe zones in to known areas of safety
We recommend extending the edge of your safe zones far into any safe working area if you can.
💡 Tended tip : use the ruler tool to make sure safe zone boundaries are the correct safe distance away from any open lines or hazards.
Example one: the geofence has been drawn right at the foliage edge. This might lead to unnecessary alerts as it leaves very little room for the movement needed by the team when carrying out their work.
Example two: rather than set the safe zone to be right along the tree edge, you can see we've extended it into the foliage. This would allow your employees to continue working with no unnecessary disturbances from alerts against the treeline.
Add safe zones for site access point and walkways
We always recommend adding your site access point and any walkway as a separate safe zone so you can turn on and connect devices in an area of designated safety.
How to name your sites
We have a handy site feature where you can give each site within a project a custom name. We recommend making it clear and following your internal processes for ease.
For example: we set up a site for a project which internally at the company is coded as FG778JK. We need to add the safe access point, and work areas. We might label the safe access point site as "SAFE ACCESS POINT: FG778JK" and the walkway and worksite itself as "WORKSITE 1: FG778JK".
Keep in mind the full picture of your worksite
Per standard NR/L2/OHS/019 Issue 12, work with your responsible manager supervisor or COSS to get a full picture of what the worksite looks like on the ground.
For example: sometimes equipment vans may be parked at site access points but these are outside of the designated ongoing work area. If not factored into your geofences, employees may get unnecessary alerts every time they walk to to the van to get equipment.
Any questions or issues?
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