DGUV-Certified Lone Worker Protection Without Additional Devices

New certified solution helps organisations across Germany, Austria and Switzerland protect lone workers while using existing communications platforms including Microsoft Teams and Cisco

TAUNUSSTEIN, GERMANY, 19 August 2026 – Spectralink Corporation and tetronik GmbH today announced that their jointly developed lone worker protection solution has received official certification under DGUV Rule 112-139, enabling organisations across Germany, Austria and Switzerland to meet legally mandated lone worker safety requirements without requiring employees to carry separate safety devices.

Across manufacturing plants, utilities, healthcare facilities, logistics centres, transport networks and public infrastructure, employees regularly work alone in environments where immediate assistance may not be available in the event of an accident or medical emergency. German workplace safety regulations require employers to ensure that help can be summoned even when an employee is unable to call for assistance.

Industry estimates suggest that more than 8.5 million employees in Germany work alone or in lone-working environments, spanning sectors ranging from manufacturing and utilities to healthcare, facilities management and security. For organisations operating in these environments, ensuring rapid emergency response has become both a safety priority and a compliance requirement.

For many organisations, implementing compliant lone worker protection has traditionally required separate safety devices, dedicated infrastructure and additional operational complexity. As businesses modernise communications environments and migrate to platforms such as Microsoft Teams, maintaining regulatory compliance while controlling costs has become a significant barrier.

The DAKS-PNA P8SL solution, which has received DGUV Test Certificate ET25016, combines the Spectralink S37 DECT handset with tetronik’s DAKS alarm and communication platform, providing automatic emergency detection, alerting and response capabilities through the same device workers already use for everyday communications.

“Organisations should not have to choose between protecting workers, controlling costs and modernising communications,” said Nick Muir, General Manager EMEA, Spectralink Corporation. “This certification gives employers a practical path to compliance through the device their workers already carry.”

The certification (DGUV Test Certificate ET25016) confirms compliance with DGUV Rule 112-139 and the underlying DIN VDE V 0825-1 requirements for personal emergency signal systems. The solution supports automatic man-down and no-movement alarms, emergency call escalation, responder notification and location-based assistance, ensuring that workers who are unable to raise an alert manually can still be located and reached.

For organisations migrating from legacy telephony systems to Microsoft Teams, Cisco and other modern communications platforms, worker safety has often remained dependent on separate infrastructure. The Spectralink and tetronik solution enables organisations to address lone worker protection and communications modernisation within the same environment, reducing complexity while maintaining compliance with DGUV requirements.

“When an employee suffers an accident while working alone, every minute matters,” said Winfried Geutsch, CEO of tetronik GmbH. “For decades, tetronik has built systems that ensure incidents are detected and that the right people are alerted immediately. This certification allows us to deliver that capability through the communications device workers already carry every day.”

The solution is available to organisations across manufacturing, energy, utilities, healthcare, logistics, facilities management, security and any other sector where employees work alone in environments that carry a risk of serious injury or medical emergency.

For existing Spectralink DECT customers, deployment can be achieved using existing infrastructure with appropriate handset and software upgrades, helping organisations accelerate adoption while protecting previous technology investments. New deployments benefit from Spectralink’s AMiE cloud management platform, which provides centralised provisioning, over-the-air updates and proactive system health alerts.

“I regularly speak with organisations balancing safety requirements, budget pressures and communications modernisation projects,” said Marlo Tietze, Head of Sales EMEA Enterprise, Spectralink Corporation. “Many assume achieving DGUV compliance requires a separate safety project. What makes this solution different is that worker protection becomes part of the communications environment they already operate, making deployment faster, simpler and easier to justify.”

The DAKS-PNA P8SL solution is available across the DACH region through Spectralink’s authorised reseller network. DGUV Test Certificate ET25016 can be verified at zzmweb.dguv.de. For more information, visit spectralink.com/products/dect/s-series-handsets or tetronik.com/en/products/developed-with-partners/daks-pna.