Customer Focus
We work hand-in-hand with our customers to make safety personal because we believe that humans are more important than hardware.
Customer Focus
Why Now: Benefits and Applications
The SafeGuard™ intelligent Safety as a Service™ platform provides:
Enhanced Safety
Via AI oversight of workers in dangerous occupational settings
Increased Compliance
Through automated and digital documentation of safe work practices
Cost Savings & Avoidance
Via reduced safety overhead, fines, and workers’ compensation claims
Improved Morale
Through investments in technology to protect your workforce
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Customer Scenarios
Sentinel's SafeGuard™ technology has been designed to account for a wide range of challenging occupational environments and scenarios.
Oxygen Depletion in a Confined Space
Background
Worker inspects an infrequently opened confined space on a ship. O2 levels at the entry hatch appear normal
Problem
Corrosion in the space has reduced O2 to critical levels. Worker collapses after a few minutes in the space
Outcome
Two workers fatalities from asphyxiation, $550k in regulatory fines, and a tarnished safety reputation
Solution
SafeGuard’s personal O2 atmospheric sensor alerts worker prior to syncope and death.
Heat Stroke During Military Training
Background
Airmen are completing the required SERE training at Joint Base San Antonio. The local temperature is over 100°F
Problem
Core body temperatures (CBT) of multiple Airmen have risen to critical levels, unbeknownst to the supervising instructors
Outcome
One Airman fatality and multiple cases of heat stroke, which have spurred discussion of SERE training reform
Solution
SafeGuard’s vital sign monitoring (including core body temperature estimation) and location services provide proactive prevention.
Line Worker Fall
Background
Lone electrical linesman is required to perform emergency maintenance on power lines in the aftermath of a hurricane
Problem
Linesman falls and receives substantial head injuries. Linesman is found an hour later after a missed check in
Outcome
Linesman dies in the hospital a few days later, $1.15M in regulatory fines, and a tarnished safety reputation
Solution
SafeGuard’s automated fall, no motion, location, and posture detection alerts EMS immediately.
Mitigating Active COVID-19 Spreading
Background
COVID-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly and enters a large warehouse or data center, infecting multiple employees
Problem
Employees exhibit minor symptoms and unknowingly continue to work through the infection, transmitting the virus
Outcome
Workers bring the virus home, infect immunocompromised family members, and pursue workplace-related litigation
Solution
SafeGuard’s core body temperature estimation, cough, and heart rate measurement provide early warning of physiological anomalies.
Worker Gets Stuck in Grain Silo
Background
Lone farming worker becomes engulfed in frozen soybeans after falling into a silo in Wisconsin in February
Problem
Worker loses his phone in the process, does not use a safety observer, and cannot free himself in 25°F weather
Outcome
Worker battles hypothermia for four hours before being rescued, employer is fined for $721k by OSHA for safety violations
Solution
SafeGuard’s core body temperature estimation, skin/ambient temperature, and wrist-based SOS alert notifies EMS.
Heat Stroke During Football Practice
Background
High-school football players are practicing on a hot and humid day in Louisiana
Problem
One player’s core body temperature (CBT) has unknowingly risen to 106°F due to the intense physical exertion
Outcome
Fatality and ongoing reform and litigation between school and parents
Solution
SafeGuard’s vital sign monitoring (including CBT estimation), exertion metric, and prescriptive insights provide proactive prevention.
Safety as a Service™
Join us in our quest to personalize safety and provide an intelligent guardian for workers in dangerous industrial settings.
