Runs on the phone your team already carries. No extra device to issue, charge, or replace.
Duress App for utilities & resources in New Zealand.
Duress App smartphone duress. no extra hardware. Built for utilities & resources teams across New Zealand.
Used by WasteCo NZ, Sunergise, SPARK NEW ZEALAND TRADING LIMITED and more across New Zealand utilities & resources.
Where Duress App earns its place on a utilities shift.
Why Duress App fits utilities teams in New Zealand.
Two-way audio direct to the Operations Centre. Operators listen, locate and dispatch within seconds.
Slide to send live location and audio to operators. Hard to misfire, fast under pressure.
Scheduled check-in prompts. If a user misses one, the Operations Centre is notified automatically.
Where Duress earns its place on a utilities & resources shift.
Each scenario maps to a Duress product and to an outcome we can show in the audit log.
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Eagle ›A lineman climbing a remote tower.
Eagle on the climb with fall detection running in the background. Auto-escalates if they hit the ground and don't respond in 60 seconds. Help reaches the site through dispatch and the Operations Centre in parallel.
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Falcon ›A mining worker underground.
Falcon with Bluetooth-beacon positioning gives dispatch the exact bay, the exact level, the exact face. Not just "somewhere in the pit". Code-orange escalation routed through your existing mine emergency response.
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App ›A field-service tech at a substation alone.
Duress App on the phone in their pocket. Safety Timer set on the gate. Slide-to-alert if a switching error or a hostile visitor changes the picture. Live audio to operators while the tech walks to the truck.
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Phoenix ›An offshore platform worker on a confined-space entry.
Phoenix on a lanyard, Pathfinder workflow tracks entry / exit / check-in. Missed check-in auto-escalates to platform OHS and the Operations Centre simultaneously.
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Eagle ›A field crew on a coupe deep in the bush.
Eagle with continuous GPS breadcrumb over 4G LTE. Man-down sensor escalates if no motion detected for the configured window. Crew leader sees everyone's location on Pathfinder in real time.
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PathfinderAnnual ICAM investigation, regulator briefing.
Pathfinder produces the full event log: alert, location, response, dispatch chain, time-to-help, outcome. Investigators get a complete factual record without anyone reconstructing the day from logbook entries.
Safety that escalates itself.
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Slide-to-alert.
Slide to send live location and audio to operators. Hard to misfire, fast under pressure.
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Safety Timer.
Start a countdown before a risky task. If it isn't cancelled, an alert is raised automatically.
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Check-in prompts.
Periodic check-in prompts. If a user misses one, the Operations Centre is notified.
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Medical ID.
Operators see medical conditions and emergency contacts at the moment of an alert. Stored in the app, never shared off-shift.
Designed to disappear into the background.
Less than 2% phone-battery impact in background mode. Safety timer and check-in keep working with the phone locked.
0devices Extra hardware to carry, charge, or lose.
<2% Phone battery impact in background mode, even with the safety timer running.
Maps to the acts your auditors quote in New Zealand.
Primary obligation
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
New Zealand utilities and resources PCBUs manage worker safety under HSWA, with additional obligations under the Health and Safety at Work (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016 for extractives and the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010. WorkSafe NZ's lone-worker guidance sets the response-and-recording standard Duress provides.
Also relevant
- HSW (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2016
- Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010
- WorkSafe NZ: Lone worker guidance
The mapping above is current as of publication. Get the security pack for the full posture document your compliance team will ask for.