Does The Sentry work for facilities management & maintenance?

Yes. The Sentry runs on the smartphones your facilities & maintenance already carry, with workflows tailored to the risks and regulations of facilities management & maintenance. No hardware is required and most teams are live in under an hour.

How does The Sentry support compliance for facilities management & maintenance?

The Sentry produces a tamper-proof, timestamped audit trail of alarms, check-ins, and incident reports that supports your OSHA General Duty Clause and state Workplace Violence Prevention obligations (including OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D).

Facilities & maintenance

Facilities Management & Maintenance

Technicians working alone in basements, rooftops, and confined spaces.

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Over 1.4 million general maintenance and repair workers operate nationwide, routinely isolated in large commercial complexes, plant rooms, boiler rooms, and multi-tenant buildings.

The risks your people face

Incapacitation from falls or equipment entrapment in roof areas, basements, or electrical vaults.
Confined-space hazards — toxic fumes, low oxygen, or sudden chemical leaks.
Unmonitored intruder encounters during late-night property inspections.

The regulations that apply

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D
Walking-working surfaces: fall protection and prompt rescue for isolated workers.
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146
Permit-required confined spaces: continuous monitoring or check-in verification.
California SB 553
WVP plans and accessible panic reporting for isolated site workers.

How The Sentry helps facilities & maintenance

Enterprise-grade protection on the phones your team already carries — no hardware, live in under an hour.

One-touch panic alarm with live location sent to managers and nominated contacts.

Short confined-space check-in timers before entering mechanical rooms.

Session-based working — start a session before entering a plant room, end it when clear.

Multiple responders can respond to the same alarm, each shown live on the in-app map.

Centralized admin portal with a full audit trail of every technician’s sessions.

The business case

An unmonitored fall in a mechanical space can cost ~$1.1M in direct and indirect costs plus OSHA fines. Covering a 50-person division costs ~$2,479/year with zero hardware.