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Redpoint's indoor GPS system has workers wear ID badge-like devices with a display, visual alarm and audible alarm that attaches to a vest or jacket. The supervisor sets up work zones and dangerous areas using software on a tablet. If an employee enters that zone when they aren’t supposed to, both visual and audio indicators will alert them.
If you’ve been involved in work on large job sites, you know that a big part of safety is simply keeping track of workers. GPS can help with that and it’s easy when the work zone is outside. But what happens when that site is in a tunnel many feet underground or inside of a building where GPS systems can’t reach?Redpoint Positioning is hoping to give contractors an answer to that question. The company is just beginning the commercial deployment of its indoor GPS system, which allows contractors to warn workers if they enter a dangerous area.“If you think about
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