How do you alert a deaf or DeafBlind employee to an emergency evacuation?

With a tactile (vibrating) alert. TapAlert makes a worn wristband vibrate in under a second when an alarm is triggered, so an employee who cannot hear a horn or see a strobe still perceives the alert. Fire codes (NFPA 72) recognize only audible and visible signals, so a tactile device is the only way to alert and evacuate a DeafBlind worker.

Is a tactile alert system required by law in the US?

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.165(b)(2) requires that employee alarms be perceivable by all employees and states that tactile devices may be used to alert employees who cannot recognize the audible or visual alarm. Under ADA Title I, providing a perceivable emergency alert is a reasonable accommodation for employees who are deaf, blind, or DeafBlind. TapAlert is that tactile device.

TapAlert is a managed tactile emergency-alert system for warehouse and manufacturing floors. A hard-wired button press makes every worker's Galaxy Watch wristband vibrate in under a second over existing WiFi — no phones, no apps, no enrollment — and every alert is logged as proof the accommodation worked.

TapAlert — Interactive Demo

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Every wristband vibrates simultaneously when an alert fires.

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Press the button to trigger an alert.