Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board

A typical day for an investigator conducting a Board operation involves visiting sites, checking licences and making sure the quality of work being carried out is up to the standard required. Due to the nature of their roles, investigators working for the Board on industrial sites can be exposed to potential hazards such as slips, trips, falls and various other health and safety related injury and risk.

Jayson Thomas, Investigations & Complaints Manager at PGDB explains:

“Since our investigators spend a large amount of the day visiting different sites and carrying out investigations, it is important for us to know where our investigators are at any given time for health and safety reasons. We wanted something that could give us that information and that could also be tailored to the investigators’ operational requirements.”

Before launching StaySafe, the company relied on traditional communication methods such as calls and texts.

Why did the Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board launch StaySafe?

How StaySafe helped

• A quick and reliable check-in system
• No additional equipment needed – just Investigators smartphones
• Unique and reliable ways of raising an alert
• Man-down alerts
• One hour check in intervals

A check-in interval of one hour was set up to monitor employees as they travel and work remotely. Failure to check-in at any point will notify all monitors within the Hub who can then begin following response procedures.

Man-down alerts have also been activated to alert a monitor even when the employee can’t. Due to working in such unpredictable environments like construction sites, our investigators are at risk of workplace accidents, such as; slips trips and falls and being in contact with asbestos or other harmful materials.

StaySafe’s man-down alert works by detecting a period of non-movement and sending a notification to the Hub and monitors so that someone can get in contact with the employee and send assistance to their location.

Client feedback

Jayson comments;

“Our investigators carry a lot of equipment as part of their roles when conducting visits. When we rolled out StaySafe we were pleased to discover that the solution required no additional device other than a smartphone which investigators already carry with them. It’s great that we have been able to find a health and safety solution that is easily accessible and still able to provide reliable protection from the possible environmental hazards on site”.

The whole system is very user-friendly and simple to use, something we were looking for in a safety solution. Each investigator was taken through the application and follow up has been excellent”.

Don Cameron, CEO at StaySafe adds,

“Slips, trips and falls accounted for 39% of worker-related injuries in 2018 and with figures as high as this, we are glad to offer the necessary protection to help maintain employee safety within the company.”

About the Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board

Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board is a statutory body that is responsible for administrating the registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers in New Zealand. The Board promotes and safeguards the health and safety of people, their property and the environment and ensures that those carrying out regulated work are competent to do so.
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