spacebands keep your workforce safe while providing a strong return on investment:

• Lower claim payouts and legal fees
• Fewer fines and penalties
• Can aid in lowering insurance premiums with improved safety compliance
• Less admin time on reporting
• Fewer lost workdays (and less scrambling for cover)

The HSE recently fined a company £100,000 for HAVS breaches and a single non-fatal workplace accident costs on average around £11,700 - before you even think about higher premiums, or reputational damage.

spacebands are an investment that will prove ROI, we even built a calculator to show you how.

How spacebands works

On the wrist:
Workers wear a light device. spacebands allow Health & Safety Managers to monitor exposure to hand arm vibration and noise in their teams and step in when (U)EAV or (U)ELV levels are reached.

On the bench:
Multi-bay chargers keep devices ready. They also handle the data upload to the analytics dashboard.

On your screen:
The dashboard shows what happened across shifts and sites. You’ll see the trends, the hot spots, and the outliers - without chasing spreadsheets. You can see at a glance who has exceeded EAV/ELV and who is getting close.

That’s it. Just timely prompts and clean records that prove you’re in control.

1) Reduce claim payouts and legal fees

Why claims get expensive:
The worst bills arrive when there’s no proof of what was done, when, or by whom. Memories fade. Stories clash. Lawyers thrive.

What changes with spacebands:

• Intervene early. Workers get a buzz before they hit unsafe exposure. For HAVS, that means nudging them near the 2.5 m/s² A(8) action value—long before the 5 m/s² A(8) limit. For noise, it’s the same idea: prompt people around action values so they don’t drift into the limit.
• Capture the evidence. Every alert is logged with a time, device number, and an exposure level. If something does go wrong, you’ll have a timeline, not a guessing game.
• Shorter investigations. Clear records = fewer meetings, fewer “he said, she said,” and faster conclusions.
• Result: Fewer cases escalate. The ones that do are cheaper to settle. Your legal team will thank you. Your finance team will notice.

2) Avoid fines and penalties

Regulators don’t just look at outcomes. They ask: were your controls working in real life?

With spacebands, you can show:

• Continuous control. You’re not waiting for a monthly review. You’re managing exposure as it happens, every shift.
• Clear follow-through. Alerts lead to actions: rotate tasks, fix tools, reinforce PPE, tweak a process. You can show the pattern.
• Fewer material breaches. When exposure stays below limits and you can prove it, the path to fines gets a lot narrower.
• ISO 45001-ready proof. Live logs and trend reports make the plan–do–check–act cycle obvious—so audits are short, calm, and spreadsheet-free.

Result: Less time paying for outside “help,” less stress during inspections, and fewer uncomfortable calls to the board.

3) Lower your insurance premiums (or at least earn better terms)

Insurers price risk. If you can prove you manage risk day-to-day, not just on paper, underwriters see a safer business.

What helps at renewal:

• Real exposure data: daily/weekly summaries by person, tool, and task.
• Year-on-year trend lines: fewer exceedances, fewer near-misses.
• Evidence of controls: alerts, responses, and coaching.

We’re not promising a number (markets move), but clients who turn up with credible data often get better conversations with brokers and insurers: lower excesses, tighter cover, and sometimes lower premiums.

4) Reduce admin time spent on manual reporting

You probably got involved in Health & Safety to try and keep people safe, not spend time filling out endless spreadsheets.

What changes:

• Auto-logging: The system gathers exposure, warnings, and acknowledgements as people work.
• Ready-made reports: Daily or weekly summaries land in inboxes. Supervisors review exceptions, not raw data.
• Cleaner incident write-ups: If you need to file a report, the facts are already assembled. Less chasing. Less copy-paste.

Result: Hours back each week. More time for coaching, toolbox talks, and fixing root causes.

5) Cut lost workdays and training costs

Absence can hurt more than the incident itself: you lose output, you pay overtime, you train replacements, and your schedule slips.

How spacebands helps:

• Fewer exposure spikes → fewer injuries → more people on the job.
• Faster learning loops: The dashboard surfaces patterns early. You fix the layout, rotate tasks, repair the tool, or update the method—before the problem spreads.

Result: Fewer days lost. Fewer emergency hires. Faster, steadier output.

What customers say (real sites, real wins)

“Almost as soon as we saw the first day’s results, we spotted tools and tasks pushing exposure high. We set safe usage times, fixed the process, and our average daily exposure fell by 78% in less than a year. The board has peace of mind, and our operatives do too.”

“Before spacebands we relied on estimates and paper logs. Now our team gets instant alerts and we act before anyone crosses a limit. Supervisors spend less time chasing paperwork; operators say they feel more in control of their own safety. I’d recommend it without hesitation.”

“Preparing for ISO 45001 showed our gap in monitoring HAV and noise. spacebands was easy to set up (they even sorted a 4G dongle for a weak-Wi-Fi site). The testing data eased accuracy worries, and we uncovered jobs louder than we thought, so we upgraded hearing protection. Having clear visibility of exposure has really helped.”

We are currently working with 5 of the top 10 construction companies in the UK including Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke - companies that are committed to reducing risk for their teams.

spacebands are being utilised in a range of industries including manufacturing, logistics, mining, aviation and more.

What you’ll actually see in the data

• Exposure curves that flatten as people respond to alerts and you make changes to reduce exposure levels with new data
• Individual patterns identify which users are exposed to the most vibration/noise (it’s not always who you think it’ll be)
• Shift comparisons to spot the team that’s a coaching win waiting to happen
• Before/after reports that make your case in five seconds

This is the kind of evidence that reassures regulators, convinces insurers, and wins budget internally.

Privacy and practicality (because people matter)

• Role-based access: Set up for enterprise, control who sees what.
• Data retention: Information is kept on the dashboard, allowing you to go back in time and provide proof for legal cases, doctors assessments and insurance claims.
• No drama rollout: Start small, prove the value, scale by area or site. If people are sceptical, show them how the device saves their hands and their hearing.
• No GPS tracking: Wearables do not have any GPS tracking capabilities.

When workers realise the wearable is a guardian, not a spy, adoption sticks.

Why this works

• Right time, right nudge. People don’t want to get hurt. A buzz at the right second is more effective than a poster on the wall.
• Less blame, more fixes. Data moves the chat from “who messed up?” to “what needs changing?”
• Proof on tap. When you can show exposure under control, doors open - insurers listen, auditors relax, boards invest.

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Final word

If your current set-up tells you what went wrong yesterday, spacebands helps you change what happens today - and gives you the proof that tomorrow will be safer again.

spacebands are designed to be easy to roll out to teams ranging from 5 - 1000+. They cost as little as £1 per worker per day and there are no hidden set-up fees, training costs, or additional equipment costs.

Our Over the Air (OTA) updates mean you’ll always be using the most up-to-date version as we continue to refine, add and improve features and analytics displays.

Change your health & safety from reactive to proactive with spacebands, book a demo with one of our product experts to find out more.