Utility field crew assessing electrical hazards

Connected Safety for High-Risk Electrical Work

Detect electrical hazards before contact. Respond faster when workers need help.

Compass® wearables detect live electrical hazards before contact.
Navigator® gives your safety team a real-time command view.
Together, they’re the only connected safety system built for high-risk field work.

Safeguard Solution Suite: Compass wearable, mobile app, and Navigator dashboard
100,000+
Field workers protected

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The Reality in the Field

Electrical energy is invisible, until contact.

Traditional PPE and procedures can’t detect hidden electrical energy, and they can’t tell you when a worker is down in a remote right-of-way. That’s where incidents happen.

AC voltage you can’t see

Buried lines, back-feed, overhead conductors, and energized equipment give no visual warning before contact. Visual inspection alone isn’t enough.

Remote crews, slow to locate

When a worker falls, collapses, or takes a hit, nobody nearby may notice, and locating them across a service territory wastes the minutes that matter most.

Response depends on phone chains

Reporting typically relies on phone calls, radios, or someone nearby to raise the alarm, introducing delay into the exact moments when response speed saves outcomes.

Lagging data, not leading signal

Incident reports arrive after the fact, scattered across spreadsheets and emails, leaving safety leaders coaching from last quarter’s problems instead of this week’s.

The Safeguard Solution Suite

Compass wearables. Navigator software. Emergency Response.
One connected safety system.

Compass® Series wearables

Detect AC voltage and current at the point of work, with directional awareness that identifies the risk source before contact. Pro models add automatic impact, fall, and worker-down detection with a manual SOS.

  • Compass, Compass Core, Compass Pro, Compass Pro IS
  • Configurable alert thresholds by task and location
  • Intrinsically safe option for flammable environments

Navigator® Connected Safety Platform

One command view for field signals, device status, and emergency workflows. Authorized teams see alerts, worker location, and event history in real time, from detection through post-event review.

  • Live operational awareness across crews and regions
  • Emergency alert management with role-aware routing
  • Audit-ready event history for compliance and coaching

Emergency Response workflows

When a worker is down, Navigator pushes alerts to supervisors, safety teams, and dispatch simultaneously (with incident type and precise location), so the right resources move first, not second.

  • Multi-channel notifications with incident context
  • Configurable escalation and response playbooks
  • Complete incident records captured automatically

The Hardware

Meet the Compass Series.

See the device your crews actually wear, and the four models that scale from essential awareness to full connected safety in flammable environments.

Compass wearable mounted to a worker’s hard hat in the field
CompassHard hat mount · essential proximity & directional hazard awareness
Compass Core wearable worn in the field for baseline protection
Compass CoreField-ready baseline protection where energized sources aren’t expected
Compass Pro wearable in use during utility field operations
Compass ProConnected safety with worker-down detection, SOS, and emergency escalation
Compass Pro IS wearable on workers in a hazardous oil and gas environment
Compass Pro ISIntrinsically safe for flammable gas and vapor environments

Utility teams use Safeguard to reduce risk where it matters most.

Up to 40%
Reduction in workplace injuries
Up to 75%
Reduction in OSHA fines and violations
Up to 50%
Reduction in operational downtime
100+
Organizations deployed

How Safeguard Works

A three-step system your crews can adopt this quarter.

  1. Downed power lines in a storm-damaged area illustrating hidden electrical hazards
    Hazard Detection

    See electrical threats before your workers do

    Electrical energy is invisible, until contact. Compass continuously monitors for AC voltage, current, and arc-flash conditions, so crews get alerted the moment they approach danger, before a near-miss becomes an incident.

    • Real-time detection at the point of work
    • Configurable range and sensitivity for the environment
    • Clear visual and audible alerts built for noisy work zones
  2. Field crew avoiding incidents with Safeguard accident prevention
    Accident Prevention

    Help crews avoid mistakes before they become incidents

    Safeguard helps crews spot risk early, take the right action in the moment, and gives safety leaders the visibility to coach proactively, reducing preventable injuries, equipment damage, and downtime.

    • Earlier hazard awareness before risk becomes an incident
    • Consistent standards and approved configurations across crews
    • Pattern visibility that turns near-misses into coaching moments
  3. Navigator emergency map coordinating response with precise worker location
    Emergency Response

    Respond faster when every second counts

    When a worker is down, time is everything. Safeguard automatically detects incidents and alerts the right people immediately, so help arrives faster and outcomes improve.

    • Automatic fall, impact, and worker-down detection plus manual SOS
    • Multi-channel alerts to supervisors, safety teams, and dispatch
    • Precise location and incident context so responders move first

In Their Words

What field leaders say about Safeguard.

We had a tech working solo near a buried line. The Compass Pro picked up the voltage he couldn’t see and gave him enough time to back off. That alert saved his life.
Field SupervisorLeading Electric Cooperative
We had a fatality five years ago that still haunts this team. If we’d had this system, then … it would’ve ended differently.
Regional DirectorMajor Midwestern Utility
There are a hundred stories where the Compass Pro almost had to save a life, and that’s the point. It helps prevent the worst from ever happening.
Director of SafetyMajor National Telecom Provider

Used by safety and operations leaders at 100+ utility, telecom, and infrastructure organizations, protecting over 100,000 field workers.

Built For Your Crews

Purpose-built for the crews who work around real electrical risk.

Electric utilities

Investor-owned, municipal, and cooperative utilities with distributed crews working near energized assets: transmission, distribution, substations, and metering.

Utility contractors

Line, vegetation, and service contractors delivering construction, maintenance, and restoration work alongside utility-owned crews.

Telecom & infrastructure

Telecom, broadband, and infrastructure teams working in proximity to overhead and underground electrical risk on shared right-of-way.

Storm response teams

Mutual-aid and storm restoration crews deployed into fast-moving, unfamiliar, high-risk environments where awareness of downed lines matters most.

Oil, gas & hazardous ops

Teams operating in flammable gas and vapor environments where intrinsic safety certification is required. Compass Pro IS delivers full connected capability.

Mining, arborist & specialty

High-risk field operations where crews need awareness of electrical hazards and fast emergency coordination when seconds matter.

See how Safeguard fits your crews.

Request a walkthrough and we’ll show how the Compass Series, Navigator, and emergency response workflows can support your field safety program, tailored to your crews, environments, and the Compass model that fits.

  • A live walkthrough of Compass hardware and the Navigator platform
  • Guidance on the right Compass model per crew and environment
  • Straight answers on deployment, device management, and support
  • No pressure, just a conversation with a Safeguard safety specialist

Prefer to contact us directly?

Email sales@safeguardequipment.com or call 208-773-9263.

A regional representative will get in touch with you.

No spam. A Safeguard safety specialist will reach out within 2 business days.

Frequently Asked

Questions buyers usually ask first.

Safeguard is built for organizations with field teams working around electrical hazards, remote job sites, and high-risk environments: utilities, utility contractors, telecom, infrastructure, storm response, oil & gas, mining, and arborist crews.

Your crews deserve better than invisible hazards.

Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see exactly how Compass and Navigator would fit your field program. No obligation, no canned sales pitch.

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