The Philosophy Behind Smart Alert by Minuendo

Why start a noise monitoring revolution? More importantly . . . how?

For decades, noise monitoring in the workplace has often been considered a tick-box exercise.

Many, if not most companies meet their regulatory requirements with regards to noise monitoring without additional consideration for whether their efforts actually protect workers from hearing loss or damage (and the reality is, they don’t.)

We know that traditional approaches to noise monitoring and risk management in the workplace aren’t doing enough because every year in the UK, thousands of new cases of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) due to occupational noise are reported. Further, the HSE estimates that millions of workers remain exposed to unsafe levels of noise at work, despite current regulations designed to prevent exactly that.

As a team of engineers, audiologists, and prevention engineering specialists, this landscape isn’t one that we can ignore. When we think of the over 1 billion people (and families, and communities, and businesses) around the world who suffer from the effects of NIHL due to occupational noise, it’s clear to us that current systems and processes need to be interrogated and ultimately, improved.

Our approach to making an impact on this area of occupational health and safety is driven by a clear mission: to change the way that companies think about noise monitoring, and revolutionise the way they approach it. 

So, how will we do it? 

Inform.

The ins and outs of noise monitoring or NIHL isn’t necessarily something that all Safety Managers or duty holders are experts in. And while we don’t think everyone needs to know everything about noise monitoring (that’s our job), we think there’s plenty of room for upskilling in this critical area of health and safety.

At Minuendo, we believe that shifting ways of working begins with better information, and better communication. Historically, heavy industrial industries such as manufacturing, mining, and construction have been slow to adopt new technologies, systems, or processes. We know that this is something to overcome, and we approach that challenge with energy, and optimism.

We’ll help your team better understand your risk environment and the regulatory landscape with regards to noise. We’ll ensure that you have the information you need to make informed decisions about how to improve noise monitoring in your workplace. We’ll work with you to understand your specific needs, challenges, and goals, and we’ll support you along your journey to uncover more efficient, more impactful, all around better ways of working. 

Resources for self-education:

We do our best to make information easy to access and understand. Whether you want to learn more about noise monitoring technology, health surveillance, NIHL (or even Ozzy Osborne), our blog is available 24/7 and is updated frequently. 

See Smart Alert, in action:

If you’re interested in seeing our industry-defining noise monitoring technology, Smart Alert, in action, you can book a one-on-one demo by clicking this link. If you already use Smart Alert and need support, you can start here.

Contact us:

If you have a question that you don’t see the answer to on our website, just get in touch, we’ll be happy to support you via phone or email.

Empower.

We think technology designed to improve the health and safety of workers should make an immediate impact.

In order to do that, it must be easy to adopt, easy to use, and it must get to the heart of the problem it’s been designed to solve. That’s why Smart Alert is lightweight, comfortable, intuitive technology that’s purpose-built to support the ways you work, not interrupt business-as-usual. 

But most importantly, Smart Alert is technology that’s specifically designed to instil confidence in workers, and actively engage them in the monitoring and management of their own occupational health and safety. This is accomplished through real-time alerts of unsafe conditions and automatic notifications. 

We know that when people feel more engaged with their own health outcomes, those outcomes tend to be more positive. Accordingly, Smart Alert empowers workers to take better control of their own health and safety by giving them the ability to easily self-manage risk in the workplace. By placing the power to take meaningful action directly into the hands of workers, Smart Alert is refocusing critical information towards where it’s most effective: on the ground, and in the hands of the people who are most impacted by negative health outcomes.

Improve.

When it comes to technology, it’s often the case that impact and accessibility go hand in hand.

Said otherwise: If the systems that you use to monitor and manage your workplace risk are complicated, confusing, or unengaging, they’re less likely to be effective. This is why the best innovations (across any number of sectors) tend to be those that simplify processes, and shorten the paths between question and answer, challenge and opportunity, or information and action.

Smart Alert does this by making critical information about your noise environment easy to understand and interact with, and by automatically generating insights that lend critical context to your operations and decisions. This means that your team doesn’t have to do any heavy lifting when it comes to noise monitoring - you reap the benefits of a highly accurate, incredibly reliable system that’s proven to drive better ways of working, without the hassle of confusing kit, unclear information, or additional workload.

By simultaneously improving and simplifying your approach to noise monitoring and risk management, you’ll be in the best position to start supporting better health outcomes for your workers, immediately.

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The formula behind our philosophy is simple, but clear. It drives us to design solutions that facilitate better outcomes by building confidence among duty holders and workers, and by democratising access to key health and safety initiatives. 

We could talk about our plans to revolutionise noise monitoring all day. If you have any questions, just get in touch, we’d love to hear from you. And if you’re ready to see what Smart Alert can do for your team, just use this calendar to book your personal demo.