Zackat Labs, a Plano-based leader in advanced safety solutions, has launched its connected safety platform, featuring the W3 wearable monitoring device and a seamlessly integrated gas monitor. The system is designed to “significantly improve safety and health management” in a wide range of industries—by providing real-time, proactive monitoring for critical physiological and environmental risks.

The cornerstone of the new platform is the W3 wearable device, which tracks a number of vital physiological signals. The W3 continuously monitors core body temperature, heart rate variability, and other indicators of fatigue and dehydration, transforming them into “clear, objective warnings” before a worker reaches a critical threshold. In the event of a potential health risk, the system sends immediate alerts and notifications directly to supervisor’s mobile phones and notifications on the W3 dashboard, enabling prompt intervention to reduce adverse outcomes, Zackat Labs said.

Gas monitor and W3 distribution

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Complementing the W3 wearable, Zackat Labs has also developed an innovative single- and four-gas monitor that connects via Bluetooth to the W3 device. The monitor allows for gas exposure alerts to be delivered instantaneously through the same connected application, offering a comprehensive safety solution for environments where hazardous gases are a concern, Zackat Labs said.

“This innovative platform represents a significant leap forward in worker health and safety,” Brent Barrs, VP of sales at Zackat Labs, said in a statement. “By integrating physiological monitoring with environmental gas detection into a single, connected system, we are empowering companies to protect their workforce more efficiently and effectively against heat stress and gas hazards.”

The Colony-based RCW Energy Services, a provider of water management and support services for the oil and gas, industrial, and construction industries, is a customer and the distributor of W3 solutions, supporting operators with advanced heat stress awareness across the field.

Brian Green, rpesident of RCW Energy Services, said the W3 device “gives our service technicians advanced, objective warnings of dangerous heat stress conditions, so they can act before an incident occurs. We’re encouraging other service companies to adopt this technology to protect the health and safety of their crews.”

AT&T cellular IoT support

Dallas-based AT&T supports the W3 platform by providing secure cellular IoT connectivity that enables near real–time transmission of physiological and environmental data from the field to supervisors and safety teams.

Zackat Labs said it will be also be using AT&T Control Center to allow it to deploy and manage cellular connectivity for the devices, streamlining provisioning, activation, and day–to–day oversight through a single management portal.

The new connected system ensures that workers in demanding operational environments are continuously protected, allowing for more effective risk management and enhancing overall safety outcomes Zackat Labs said. With its focus on real-time data, instant alerts, and integrated monitoring, the W3 and its accompanying gas monitor “are set to redefine safety standards across a number of sectors,” the company added.

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