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Why use Digital Signage to display emergency alerts?

In conjunction with other warning systems such as text messages and email, you can also use the Emergency Alerts app to broadcast information and instructions via your screens. With emergency alerts, your screens become another part of your multi-channel alert output, helping ensure critical information gets to those impacted – quickly.

Reach all corners of your deskless workforce - Make sure everyone gets the message and knows what to do. Screens are particularly useful for targeting ‘digitally detached’ individuals. 

Automation you can rely on - There’s no requirement to manually access ScreenCloud and cast alerts – these are automatically triggered by a third party alerts platform. 

Get the right message to the right people - Organize your alerts by spaces to ensure only individuals in affected areas are notified.

Emergency Alerts is an app within ScreenCloud that acts as an extension of an existing Mass Alert Platform such as Singlewire, RAVE and Omnilert. When an event is triggered, we receive a message via common alert protocol (CAP) and override what is displayed on the screens. It will remain on screen until you decide to remove it.

When an emergency alert instance has been set up there is no need to schedule this within a playlist or channel. The instance will simply sit in the background listening for an alert and when triggered will automatically cast to all screens within that space.

The Emergency Alerts feature is available on our Pro and Enterprise plans and is included for all of our education and non-profit customers. If you can't see it in your account, please reach out to your account manager or support and we’ll get you sorted.

We would love to hear how you have been using the Emergency Alerts app. If you have any feedback for the team or just need help getting started, chat with us.

Alternatively, if you’re not yet with ScreenCloud, talk to Sales here to get up and running: https://screencloud.com/contact

When an unexpected event occurs, it's critical to take prompt action to ensure the safety of your employees, students or customers. ScreenCloud’s ‘Emergency Alerts’ feature complements and amplifies your existing safety protocols and processes; while keeping your people well-informed and up-to-date  before, during and after these events.

ScreenCloud’s ‘Emergency Alerts’ feature complements and amplifies your existing safety protocols and processes; while keeping your people well-informed and up-to-date  before, during and after these events.

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Employee engagement: What are we missing?

Most of the obvious perks of digital signage are sales and customer-facing. You know this because you’ve been that customer; selecting the daily special at a quick-service restaurant, or viewing membership options at the gym.

Readers familiar with more recent ScreenCloud content will know that a whole set of other perks can be won when workplace digital signage is turned inward, for employee-facing applications.

Readers familiar with more recent ScreenCloud content will know that a whole set of other perks can be won when workplace digital signage is turned inward, for employee-facing applications.

For example,

support front and back-end operations in healthcare



and as a tool for driving workplace-culture incentives.

Besides assisting work-culture incentives, employee happiness and operations, digital signage can also help tick what may be the most important box of all; employee safety.

“Do We Really Need Digital Signage for Employee Safety?”

Imagine you’re at work. The fire alarm sounds.

What do you do? Probably look around and check other people’s reaction. Maybe even keep working, unphased. It’s probably the bi-weekly fire alarm test. 

What if it were a real fire? How would you know? Wait until you smell smoke, or see colleagues running for the fire exit screaming “FIRE!”

The point is, we all know workplace safety is critical. But critical safety events are the exception rather than the rule. Thankfully, that’s because most safety protocols work as they should most of the time to preserve employee safety. 

When incidents do occur and someone gets hurt, hindsight is of little comfort.

Instead of looking at each other blankly to assess the seriousness of the situation, your entire workforce could have looked up to check workplace digital signage and industrial display screens.

A first-respondent would have updated your digital signage content team, and they would have immediately updated screen-comms informing everyone on site that it’s the real deal.

Within a few minutes, the entire site would have evacuated personnel, with everyone accounted for.


Fires at work aren’t the only employee safety concern

We’ll admit; short of asteroid impact, the fire example is one of the worst-case scenarios. If you’re wondering, no ScreenCloud technology can’t help you in the event of an asteroid impact. We’re working on that. 

No matter how near-perfect your safety and accident prevention protocols, less dramatic workplace incidents cause harm to employees all the time.

These Zippa research employee-accidents stats from 2019 make for eye watering reading:


“There are about 2.8 million nonfatal workplace accidents and injuries in the United States’ private industry each year".

Sprains, strains, and tares are the most common workplace injury, with 327,650 occurring in the U.S. in 2019.




Overexertion and bodily reaction, slips, trips, and falls, and contact with objects and equipment are the highest causes of workplace injury in the U.S., accounting for 84% of all nonfatal injuries at work.




Nursing assistants, heavy truck and tractor-trailer truck drivers, laborers and freight, stock, and material movers are among the most dangerous jobs, with 370, 360, and 350 injuries per every 10,000 full-time workers, respectively.”

—Source: Zippa Research

We wish we could tell you that a ScreenCloud installation of workplace digital signage and industrial display screens can reduce these statistics down to zero. If only.

What we can tell you is that, in the hands of your content management team, ScreenCloud technology can significantly reduce workplace health and safety incidents. 

How Digital Signage Can Maximize Employee Safety

If you already have an inventory of digital screens, we can connect them into a single, seamless and secure network.

If you need to add screens to your workplace digital signage or industrial display screens  setup, we’ll ensure the right selection so that your environmental footprint and investment don’t exceed your requirements.
So, what are the perks?

What’s the number-one safeguard for preserving employee safety? Strong communication both top-down from leadership, bottom-up from front-line workers and bilaterally between teams.

Digital signage tactically deployed in the right zones helps customize and propagate the right health and safety information to the right teams. This is particularly effective for deskless workers with limited access to remote communication. 


Reinforce safety and emergency protocols

Teams can lose sight of the detail in safety and emergency protocols. Often through lack of reinforcement, poor onboarding and lack of ongoing training.
Even experienced workers can lose touch with emergency procedures over time.

Workplace digital signage allows management to clearly display and refresh emergency procedures that remain easily referenced, always relevant and always front-of-mind.


Celebrate safety gains made across teams and departments

Workplace employee safety doesn’t have to be about overbearing ‘dos and don’t’. When combined with digital screens, health and safety policy and incentives can actually become part of culture-building, team comradery.

Once you’ve rolled out your digital signage and hardware, impact on incident and emergency rate can be tracked and incident-reduction improvements can be actively celebrated.

Better still, employee-safety wins can be used to evidence proposals and advocacy for rolling out similar workplace digital signage incentives to other sites and regions.



Workplace digital signage and industrial display screens are becoming an essential tool for solving employee safety challenges in countless environments.

It only takes one preventable workplace incident or emergency to ruin a life or career. No matter how thorough your health and emergency protocol documentation, it’s useless unless the entire workforce knows, practices and preaches it. With workplace digital signage, health and safety best-practice can become second nature to all of your workers, all of the time.

The New Role of Workplace Digital Signage for Improving Employee Safety

No matter what industry a business finds itself in, safety and compliance are vital to ongoing success. In warehouses, factories, plants, and production facilities, there are countless at-work injuries and accidents that could have been prevented if employees had followed mandated company safety protocols and guidelines. 

Manufacturing companies need a simple, yet effective way of communicating and sharing safety and compliance information with employees. Unfortunately, most companies in manufacturing and production employ a largely deskless workforce who don’t occupy an office or have a pc, rendering mass emails and desktop reminders useless. 

Industrial display systems are a smart and cost-effective way to improve health and safety communication and compliance in the workplace. From digital signage in cafeterias and kitchens to production screens on the assembly line, industrial display systems can keep employees engaged, informed, and up to date on all health and safety measures in the workplace. 


What Are the Risks of Poor Workplace Safety Compliance?

In industries that operate heavy machinery or potentially hazardous chemicals or materials, employee safety is paramount and is often interdependent. This means that if one employee doesn’t follow safety protocols correctly, they not only endanger themselves but also every other employee in the vicinity. 

Poor compliance with workplace safety regulations could result in consistent injuries and accidents, affecting employee productivity and satisfaction. This could result in companies paying more to cover workplace compensation for employee medical bills and a higher employee turnover rate. In the long-term, ongoing safety incidents could potentially harm a company’s public image and hamper profitability.

The risks of poor workplace safety compliance are simply too great for companies to discuss safety protocols only once or twice a year. It’s essential for businesses to actively share and communicate safety procedures to employees at all times. Here’s how industrial display systems can help companies to do this with ease. 


How Can Industrial Display Systems Improve Health and Safety in the Workplace?

Industrial display systems allow companies to consistently broadcast important health and safety procedures at all times. As mentioned, one accident or step missed in a safety procedure could put everyone working at risk. Digital signage allows businesses to fill in any employees’ gaps in knowledge or understanding through constant reminders. 

Keeping safety rules and regulations in front of employees at all times greatly reduces any risk of accidents or injuries. Companies can also use industrial display systems to test employee knowledge of safety protocols by sharing interactive quizzes and tests that employees can answer.

Through digital signage, sharing consistent messaging across multiple locations is easy. This is useful if a business has multiple manufacturing, production, or shipping locations, all of which require comprehensive workplace safety communication. Industrial display systems allow companies to easily share consistent messaging across all workplace locations to maintain consistent employee health and safety compliance levels across the board. 

Over time, there may be edits and additions to the safety policy. New protective gear 

As time goes by, there will be amendments and updates implemented to workplace safety policies, and these changes will need to be effectively communicated to all employees. Relying on industrial display systems to share these important updates is the best way to encourage the highest possible adoption rate of them by employees. 

Along with an official announcement, new updates can be rolled out across the company via digital signage which will ensure that employees everywhere take note. Consistent reminders and follow-ups can then be implemented until the changes have been fully adopted into workplace routines. 

Sometimes you may need to share an urgent or update with employees, whether it’s related to internal or external circumstances. Digital signage enables you to share accurate information with all employees in the fastest possible way. Whether it’s a fire, hazard, or extreme weather condition, industrial display systems can override current messaging to broadcast emergency updates and instruct employees on safety procedures to follow. 

Celebrate employee accomplishments and build workplace morale

Safety is vital in every place of work, but that doesn’t mean that following safety protocols can’t be fun for employees. Gamification of workplace safety compliance is a great way to encourage and motivate employees to stay updated on safety regulations and actively follow them. 

Companies can divide their workforce into teams and set goals and KPIs to track, like which team can go the longest without a safety incident, with rewards and prizes as incentives for high levels of safety compliance. Digital signage can also be used to celebrate workplace accomplishments and employee achievements, which boosts employee morale and happiness in the workplace. 

Ensuring your workplace safety messaging is comprehensive and consistent and that your employees understand and follow them correctly is always a challenge, especially for companies that employ a deskless workforce. Industrial display systems and digital signage software are an easy and effective way to share accurate and updated health and safety messaging with all employees and encourage better compliance with safety regulations. 

At ScreenCloud, we help businesses to enhance their workplace safety compliance and minimize the risk of workplace-related accidents or injuries by leveraging digital signage solutions. Book a demo with us and we’ll show you how we can help to level your health and safety compliance procedures.

Safety in the workplace is a constant challenge that companies deal with. Discover how industrial display systems can be leveraged to boost employee safety and compliance levels.

Businesses across the board are fighting an ongoing battle with low levels of workplace safety compliance. Sharing essential safety protocols and encouraging employee compliance are the key issues behind these challenges. Industrial display systems are the solution to these persistent communication and compliance issues.

How to Enhance Workplace Safety Using Industrial Display Systems

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