Capital Equipment News June 2023

SAFETY

There’s no need to walk on eggshells with ALCONTROL which automates breathalysers for employees when they arrive at work, such as at a construction site.

Safety first thanks to ALCONTROL Smart Connect

A simple change to where employees enter their work space or jobsite can do a lot for general safety. Testing for alcohol is one of those things. This new version of ALCOCON TROL Smart Connect addresses significant integrability challenges experienced in the past, between the breathalyser device, the biometric system and the turnstile. “For industries where repeated positive alcohol testing impacts work performance, and can result in job losses, voluntary alcohol testing is an important safety measure,” explains Rhys Evans, MD at ALCO-Safe, “Voluntary alcohol testing is for employees who occasionally overindulge, giving them the opportunity to go home and avoid endangering themselves or their colleagues, should they experience a positive breath alcohol result,” he adds. Technician-friendly, easy to install “Where previously it was difficult to get a technician out to remote mining locations for installation, ALCONTROL

One of South Africa’s leading providers of alcohol and drug testing equipment, ALCO-Safe, has launched the latest version of its workplace alcohol testing system, ALCONTROL Smart Connect. This unmanned breathalyser is mounted onto a turnstile to control entry of employees or can be mounted onto a wall as a self-test breathalyser for employees to test themselves prior to entry into their respective workplace.

“Where previously it was difficult to get a technician out to remote mining locations for installation, ALCONTROL is now extremely simple to install, and can be done by almost anyone with basic technical skills.”

Rhys Evans, MD at ALCO-Safe

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