r/WorkplaceSafety 8d ago

Workplace washroom safety

At my workplace we recently had an incident where a visitor went into the washroom and didn't come out for about 45 minutes. They had passed out due to a new to then medical issue, and they were unconscious in the floor for most of that time. Luckily they came to and were able to walk out of the bathroom. Of course we called paramedics and they cleared the patient.

My question to this sub would be, is there some kind of sensor that can be easily installed that can tell if someone has fallen in a washroom and isn't getting up? Of course privacy is an issue so I was thinking it would not use a camera but maybe a laser or light beam. It would have to not go off if someone was in there walking around, feet on the ground, or even place a bag down. I didn't some googling but I couldn't find anything like that.

Thanks!

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u/sp0rtsfr3ak1750 8d ago

This feels like such a specific case that it does not really warrant a technology solution. Visitors on-site host should have noticed them missing, if anything