AeroScout Worker Safety & Contractor Tracking from Extronics Advance

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Worker Safety &

Accountability Solutions

From Extronics Advance


About Extronics Advance

Benefits of EA worker safety solutions

How the solutions work

Services

At a glance

Example applications

Example use cases

Future developments

Customer stories


Over 10 years of experience with AeroScout active RFID technology

Specialise in hazardous area and industrial applications

Work with carefully selected partners around the world

Provide hardware, software, technical support and a range of professional services

About Extronics Advance


What are the benefits of an

Extronics Advance

worker safety solution?


Enhanced situational awareness

Real time information for optimised decision-making

Dynamic counts of mustered and non-mustered workers in an

emergency

Quickly locate missing personnel and send help to their location

Improved safety


Emergency call buttons on tags to request help

Audit trail of events, including date/time stamps, actions

taken, and personnel involved - record stored for training

and planning improvements

Integrates with iSHIELD Lone Worker Protection

application for mobile devices


No need to remember to swipe out or tap a reader

Exciter range of up to 6.5m, and more if chained together, means that workers don’t need to exit

through narrow gates or bottlenecks in emergencies in order to be tracked

Active RFID has excellent read reliability, even in the middle of a crowd

Reduced human error


Historical trail of worker location, including timeline

Can prove worker (such as quality inspector, security

guard, or contractor) was at the right place at the right

time for compliance records

Better accountability and compliance


Integrate with systems such as Lenel for access control functionality

Identify anyone moving into unauthorised areas

Quickly locate security personnel when they’re needed, speeding up response times

Site visitors and contractors can be monitored easily

Added security


How does it work?


System ComponentsDirection of communication

Replaceable long-life battery

IP67 and IP68 rugged industrial grade tags

Options include call buttons, motion sensors, and other condition

monitoring sensors

Highly configurable

Tags

Force tag to send a signal to the access point(s)

Can configure, stop, or start the routine messaging function

of tags

5500 series in development: includes built-in tag receiver, so

fewer access points needed

Optional Exciters

Wireless access points

Use standard Wi-Fi access points of your choice, including

Cisco, Aruba, Emerson, ProSoft, and more

Leverage existing Wi-Fi infrastructure for increased ROI


Tags have small form factor to make them easy to wear in a variety of options,

such as

Wrist or arm strap

Lanyard around neck

Clipped to belt

Shoulder epaulette

Optional TGUARD tag protector to prevent accidental call button presses

Wearing the tags


Extronics Advance solutions can combine RTLS and zone mapping technology, using the same software and hardware to

deliver better accuracy, value for money, and scalability.

Real time location system, or RTLS

Uses triangulation to locate the exact

position of tagged personnel


Zone mapping or choke point system

Knows in which zone a particular person is by

controlling all entry and exit points for each zone

Exciter-based

Tag messages picked up by access points or exciters

with built-in tag receivers


How does RTLS work ?RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) varies at each Access Point,

hence personnel location is achieved by triangulation


How does zone mapping work?

Exciter floods an area with 125 KHz RF field

configurable between 0.5-6.5 meters radius

Once a tag enters the exciter field, the tag will

be forced to send a signal carrying both the tag

and the exciter IDs

This message is received receiver(s) near by,

and the signal is sent to MobileView software

The software knows the location of the exciter

on the map and will place the asset/tag next to

that location


Entry/exit and direction of travel

The software knows which excited message is received first, and

thus the direction in which the tag is travelling

A B


Muster points

The excited tag’s message is picked up by an access point or exciter with tag receiver


Powerful MobileView software

Location information displayed in flexible, configurable, web-

based MobileView platform; can also be viewed on a smartphone

or tablet

Optional high availability architecture

Open API for potential integration with third party systems such

as access control, CCTV, and more

An integration with Lenel for access control is already available


Optional iSHIELD Lone Worker Protection

Use with Android smartphones and tablets

Automatically or manually raises an alert if the worker suffers an impact, fall,

or unexpectedly stops moving

Highly configurable to individual workflows

GPS tracking system and minimal power consumption make it highly

practical

Integrates with MobileView software for centralised visibility


Services


The experienced Extronics Advance team offers a variety of services:

Solution architecture, including Wi-Fi infrastructure assessment

Commissioning of MobileView and related software

Support & Maintenance:

Technical support services

Defective hardware exchange

Ongoing updates to products


Example applications


Real-time personnel location

Find workers throughout a site in real time

Automatic mustering

Quickly identify safe and missing workers with minimal risk of human

error

Critical area management

Remotely monitor access to sensitive areas and detect anyone in danger

Managing safety equipment

Remotely monitor number and whereabouts of necessary equipment like

fire extinguishers or breathing apparatus


Condition monitoring of muster points

Ensure that muster points are not compromised by safety breaches, such as

fire, using temperature monitoring tags

Mass site evacuation

No need for personnel to swipe out, tap a reader, or use narrow gateways –

scalable wide range of exciters makes evacuation quicker, easier, and reduces

bottlenecks

Reduce potential for safety incidents

Use friend/foe configurable events to receive alert if any tagged assets that

should not mix, such as acid/alkali, are in proximity to each other. Alternatively,

use the escort events for assets that should travel together, and receive alerts if

they are split up


Use case:

Worker location and

evacuation monitoring


A large, complex, offshore development with numerous multi-level structures. Some are linked by bridges,

with helicopter landing pads and vessel docking bays too.

Our customer needed to ensure the safety of their workers in both normal operations and in emergency

situation

Wanted a modern solution rather than old, manual methods

Presence of hazardous areas and offshore location required certified, rugged equipment

Where and why?


Zonal tracking system to

locate workers on each

level

Exciters also used in transitional entry/exit areas like

bridges, stairwells, ladders

Designated muster points

with certified exciters

Wi-Fi

infrastructure

assessed

Location information displayed in

MobileView software

ATEX and IECEx approved

Active RFID Wi-Fi tags carried

by workers

iWAP107 Wi-Fi access point

enclosures to relay tag

messages to MobileView


Solution covers the whole site, ensuring workers are protected at all times

High availability software architecture for maximum reliability

Speeds up evacuation drills, saving hundreds of man-hours a year

Improves critical situational awareness

Missing workers quickly identified and aid sent

Value


Use case:

Critical area management


A line of cruise ships travelling around the world, carrying up to 2,720 passengers each

The engine rooms have CO2 fire suppression systems, which extinguish a fire quickly but could suffocate any

person in the room when activated

Workers moving in and out of engine room continually

Fire is the biggest danger on a ship; manual methods of checking if the engine room was clear before

suppressing a fire were too slow and too risky

Where and why?


Location information displayed in

MobileView software

Tag messages sent to

MobileView via Wi-Fi

Active RFID Wi-Fi tags carried

by workers

Exciters at the engine

room doors to determine

direction of travel (into or

out of danger)

Extra safeguard with people-counting camera integrated into MobileView – alert raised if discrepancies in numbers, to prevent

tailgating


Crew can quickly and remotely check if any employees are inside the engine room

No need to put other crew members at risk to check and human error minimised

Suppression system can be activated more rapidly, potentially saving the ship and her passengers

Camera adds security – if unauthorised person without a tag enters the engine room, an alert is raised

Value


Use case:

Worker location


Large multi-level chemical processing plant with over 50 workers plus external contractors

Chemical leaks mean fine powder spreads quickly through the atmosphere, severely restricting visibility

and posing risk of suffocation

Difficult to locate personnel under these conditions - system needed to identify which floor people were

on, and in which room, to direct emergency response teams

Where and why?


Tag messages sent to

MobileView via Wi-Fi

Active RFID Wi-Fi tags carried by

workers – a mixture of safe area T2

tags and intrinsically safe iTAG100

tags

Location information and alert

details displayed in MobileView

software

Both tag types have call buttons so workers

can request help if a leak or other

emergency occurs


Workers can be located across the site

Potential productivity improvements can be identified

At-risk personnel can be swiftly found and help sent directly to the right place

No time wasted searching wrong area or manually checking areas with low visibility, and alerts can be raised more

quickly with tag call buttons

Reduced risk to rescue parties

Value


The future


Extronics Advance are consistently investing in location solutions, and creating supporting

accessories such as the TGUARD, which reduces potential for accidental pressing of call buttons

and false alarms.

We’re currently scoping out a range of developments to both the hardware and software

components of our solutions:

Adding functionality

Increasing integrations

Enhancing usability


Customer stories


Some of our worker safety and contractor tracking customers:


Who?

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, the petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company

Where?

Robinson Oil Refinery, Illinois, USA. The site spans 1000 acres with 8 operating complexes and 25 different process units.

Why?

Marathon wanted to ensure worker safety across this large site with multiple metallic structures

Accurate location tracking of over 200 workers and contractors throughout a large site, including indoor and outdoor environments across 1000 acres

Goals

Accenture installed their Life Safety Solution, and AeroScout integrated their T2 tag with Industrial Scientific gas Sensors to monitor H2S, LEL, and O2

Tag included a panic button for emergencies

Deployed using the existing Cisco Wi-Fi network, including the 107 outdoor and 623 indoor access points

Workers are tracked at offsite locations using Cisco mobile Wi-Fi hotspots and tags with integrated GPS

Control room could track worker location in real time with MobileView, including visibility of potential man-down situations and if they were near any gas

Gas alarms automatically reported on detection

GPS and Wi-Fi combined for cost-effective RTLS

Dispatch workers can troubleshoot process issues more quickly

Marathon also uses the system to track contractor utilisation

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: worker safety


Who?

Barrick, the leading mining company

Where?

Turquoise Ridge and Goldstrike, Nevada

Why?

Wanted to create a zero-accident work environment with safety culture based on teamwork and safety leadership

Accurate location tracking of 1000 workers and vehicles to prevent accidents

Vehicle tracking to enhance effectiveness of dispatch system and assist in reaching production quotas

Goals

Barrick replaced their proprietary network with Cisco 350i Aps, 5508 Wireless LAN controllers, and Cisco Prime NCS

At Goldstrike, each of the 500 workers were assigned a T2-EB tag with pouch and belt clip

At Turquoise Ridge, the miners’ cap lamps were embedded with T3i tags

Exciters and tags were mounted to vehicles to track locations and usage hours

Miners are tracked on entry/exit (brass in/out)

MobileView software integrated into the existing Jigsaw Dispatching System

Barrick has real-time visibility of locations of more than 1000 miners and 100+ vehicles

Improved mine production

Brass in/brass out time reduced with digital accountability

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: miner safety


Who?

Glencore Xstrata, the globally diversified natural resources company

Why?

Wanted an automatic mustering solution that was intrinsically safe

Automatic mustering for hazardous situations

Visibility of underground vehicles movements

Ability to monitor coal production

Goals

Glencore Xstrata implemented the AeroScout Worker Safety Solution

Tags are integrated into cap lamps to track 200+ underground miners

Intrinsically safe tags used to track 50+ diesel vehicles throughout the mine

Xstrata is now compliant with worker safety regulations

Automated vehicle monitoring improved productivity and material control

Workers are accounted for during dangerous events, providing increased situational awareness to key personnel for optimal safety and responsiveness

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: miner safety


Who?

Costa Magica, the large European cruise ship operator

Where?

Onboard their fleet of cruise ships, which can carry up to 105,000 tons and 2,720 passengers

Why?

To help control access to some locations and ensure worker safety in the event of fire

Control access to critical locations

Ensure engine room is clear of personnel in the event of a fire, so carbon dioxide can be pumped in to contain the flames without endangering workers

Goals

Costa Magica is using the worker tracking solution using their existing Wi-Fi infrastructure

Exciters placed at chokepoints such as the doors to the engine room for gate access control

Tags assigned to crew members who needed to access the engine room

In case of emergency, a personnel check using the MobileView Evacuation Monitoring Application ensure all workers are outside the engine room before

releasing carbon dioxide gas

Improved safety of ship and personnel, as fires can be dealt with promptly and safely

Costa Magica is looking to scale the application to help families track children to ensure close proximity and their safety

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: ship safety


Who?

Bangor Hydro Electric is a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility company

Where?

Maine

Why?

To help workers call for help in emergencies, when carrying out repairs across Maine where spotty cellular coverage makes this unreliable

Ensure that the repair teams working in the field to support Bangor Hydro’s 192,000 customers across Central and Northern Maine are able to call for

assistance in the event of an emergency, from up to 600 feet away from their vehicle

Goals

Technicians were issued a T3 tag on a lanyard whilst they are repairing utility equipment. In case of emergencies, one of the two call buttons can be pressed

The central dispatching team receives the distress alert, identifies the vehicle’s location on a map, and sends an emergency response team

The tag transmits its information over Rocket, a vehicle-mounted mobile communications gateway from utility corporation

Whilst en route, the tags are Velcro-mounted on the dash of the vehicles

First line response are available for emergencies in the field

A 600 foot range allows alerting distress while repairing power lines far from the vehicle

The tags give crews a discreet way to call for backup during any confrontations

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: worker safety


Who?

China National Petroleum Corporation, the Chinese state-owned oil and gas corporation

Where?

Crude oil loading and storage docks, China

Why?

Mustering was manually and inaccurate, and it was difficult to find distressed workers in a timely fashion

Ensure that the site remained operational

Reduce location time for distressed workers and lost contractors

Improve mustering process

Goals

Workers carry intrinsically safe iTAG100s with call buttons

Location picked up using existing Wi-Fi network and additional exciters installed on tank stairways and other choke points

MobileView used to show locations graphically

Workers assigned different levels of access to the facility and alarms can be automatically generated in MobileView if a worker or contractor has wandered into

an unauthorised area

Central control room can monitor worker and contractor location via MobileView

Improve security

Automatic mustering

CNPC can monitor workers climbing or descending the tanks as well as entry into unauthorised areas in violation of tank farm regulations

Increased ability to dispatch rescue teams in emergencies

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: oil and gas worker tracking


Who?

Jurong Town Corporation

Where?

Jurong Rock Caverns, Singapore – a network of underground rock caverns used for storage of liquid hydrocarbons such as crude oil, condensate, naphtha, and gas oil

Why?

It was difficult to locate workers, so fans had to be kept running at all times to ensure circulation of air for worker safety

Locate workers more easily

Reduce expense of running fans by only turning them on when workers are nearby

Goals

Workers carry intrinsically safe iTAG100s with call buttons

Location picked up using Wi-Fi network (presence detection)

MobileView used to show locations graphically

Event set up in MobileView to turn on fans when workers entered the area, and turn fans off when workers left the area

Reduced expenditure of running air circulation fans

Ensure workers had a suitable environment

Enabled workers to be located through the cavern system

Evacuation monitoring in the event of an emergency improve worker safety

Solution overview

Outcomes

Example: tracking and air circulation


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AeroScout Worker Safety & Contractor Tracking from Extronics Advance