Innovation in gas detection – shared alerts for enhanced safety | LNG Industry

Published by Jessica Casey, Editor LNG Industry, Monday, 11 Nov 24

Innovation has driven rapid advances in gas detection over recent years, helping to significantly improve safety for workers operating in industries like oil and gas, steel manufacturing, waste water facilities, and other utilities.

Take the ALTAIR ioTM 4 Connected Gas Detector, for example. Combining built-in, cutting-edge, CAT-M LTE cellular connectivity, and integration with the MSA Grid, it offers the real-time insights and actionable data required to give workforces enhanced protection.

But now MSA innovation has taken workplace safety one step further with an addition to its Grid software – the Shared Alerts System. With Shared Alerts, workers can be instantly notified when a team member or someone working nearby has triggered an alarm, enabling swift responses to emergency situations. In contrast, traditional systems often rely on manual processes – such as where the health and safety manager is tasked with identifying the hazards and notifying nearby workers themselves.

When upgrading non-connected gas detection system to ALTAIR io 4 connected gas detectors, workers' gas detectors can communicate with each other and share alerts. The system can be configured so workers receive either proximity-based alerts, meaning that everyone within a specific distance can be notified, or label-based alerts where everyone within the same wing, floor, or department can receive an alert.

Workers can receive notification of the following three different alarms:

The benefits of upgrading so your workers can receive shared alerts can be significant, including:

Shared Alerts helps to quickly notify a workforce when a hazard has been detected or a colleague is at risk. And this in turn helps foster a safety-first culture where everyone can be more aware of risks and take greater responsibility for keeping themselves and others safe.

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