Zone 1/21-certified safety platform with live worker vitals.
Runs on Bartec, Ecom, i.safe and Aegex ATEX handsets — the only intrinsically-safe phones approved for explosive atmospheres. Streams heart rate, body temperature and SpO₂ from IS wearables in real time, layered with gas-sensor readings, into a heat-stress index that auto-evacuates a worker before they collapse.
- Zone 1/21ATEX certification level
- <8 minMedian full-platform muster
- 0Confined-space entries without vitals
Refineries, LNG terminals, offshore platforms and tank farms are the highest-stakes environments in industrial safety — and the most under-served by consumer-phone-based lone-worker apps that can't legally cross into Zone 1. We pair to your existing fleet of ATEX devices (no hardware lock-in), ingest live vitals + gas readings, gate clock-on against permit-to-work, and replace the 35-minute manual muster head-count with a real-time digital roll-call.
See it live — Apple Watch demoSix real scenarios, 30 seconds, no install needed.
The pain points your existing stack misses.
- ATEX certification gates consumer phones out of Zone 1/21 — existing lone-worker apps physically can't deploy where the risk lives
- Heat stress causes more O&G worker fatalities than falls — and no platform on the market ingests body vitals to detect it before collapse
- Permit-to-work is paper-based; nobody on site can quickly answer "is Joe permitted to be in this confined space right now?"
- Mustering after a platform alarm takes 15–45 minutes of manual head-counting — the industry-average compliance figure is 35 min
- Confined-space entries happen with no live vitals streaming during the entry; the standby person reads body language through a 6-inch hatch
- Multi-language workforces (Polish, Romanian, Filipino, Indian on UK platforms) — existing safety comms are English-only
Built specifically for oil, gas & petrochemical.
ATEX-certified device pairing
Approved for Bartec Pixavi Impact X, Ecom Smart-Ex 03, i.safe IS530, Aegex 10 and Sonim XP8 IS. App refuses to start in Zone 1 if running on a non-IS handset.
Real-time vitals from IS wearables
Equivital LifeMonitor, Hexoskin Pro IS and Garmin tactix stream HR + SpO₂ + body temp + breathing rate to the platform live during the shift.
Heat Stress Index (auto-evacuate)
Combines air temperature + humidity + worker HR + skin temperature into a 0–100 score. Auto-triggers welfare check at 70; mandatory evacuation at 85.
Gas sensor live overlay
Blackline G7c, Industrial Scientific Ventis Pro5 and MSA Altair stream CO + H₂S + O₂ + LEL readings into the same screen as vitals. Threshold breach → SOS.
Permit-to-work blocker
Clock-on disabled until a valid hot-work / confined-space permit exists for this worker and their SCBA / breathing-apparatus cert is current.
Digital muster (geofence roll-call)
Platform alarm → geofence-triggered roll call. Workers tap to confirm at the nearest muster point. Named list of missing personnel updates in real time. Median platform muster: 8 min vs 35 min industry average.
The platform underneath the Petro pack.
Sector packs add the workflow; this is the operational layer every customer gets regardless of vertical — billing, comms, AI dispatch and trust signals.
Multi-channel SOS cascade
Push + SMS + WhatsApp + voice fan-out in parallel. AI re-ranks responders by distance + role + rationale before dispatch.
AI Virtual Watcher
Three Claude-powered flows: SOS narrative + mandatory ack, PPE/cert gap detection, proactive welfare pings.
Comms allowance + bundles
Monthly SMS / WhatsApp / voice quotas included. Overage auto-bills; pre-buy bundles for cheaper rates. SOS always sends.
Admin broadcasts + inbox
One-to-many alerts to any worker subset, ack-tracked for regulator evidence. Per-worker channel prefs respected.
Trust + verify panel
At-a-glance integrations status and a dry-run test SOS so you can prove the dispatch before betting a real shift on it.
Audit ledger (HMAC-signed)
Every action stamped to ID + timestamp + UUID. Regulator-ready PDF export with one click.
Stripe billing + Customer Portal
Per-active-worker pricing. 14-day trial, no card up-front. Self-serve plan changes and bundle top-ups.
REST + Webhook API
Push incidents into ServiceNow / RIDDOR-to-HR / SIEM (Splunk, Datadog, Elastic). GraphQL on Enterprise.
Your workers lose signal. Their safety net doesn't.
Out on site, in the cab, deep in a valley — oil, gas & petrochemical teams hit blackspots exactly where an incident is most likely. An SOS still counts with no signal: it's saved on the phone with its last location and fired automatically the moment coverage returns, timestamped for the audit ledger. And where the phone has Emergency SOS via satellite, Vygard points the worker straight into it. No £200 messenger to issue, charge or remember — it's the phone every worker already carries.
How off-grid coverage worksBlackspot-proof store-and-forward
SOS raised with no signal is saved with its timestamp and last GPS fix, then delivered the instant a bar returns — logged to the audit ledger, nothing lost.
Satellite, built into the phone
Newer iPhones and Androids include Emergency SOS via satellite. With no signal, Vygard surfaces it at the critical moment — no extra hardware, no second network.
Pair a communicator — optional
Truly remote crews can pair a Garmin inReach or similar. Optional — for most workers the phone is already the safety net.
- ATEX 2014/34/EU
- IECEx
- IOGP Life-Saving Rules
- API RP 14C
- OSHA PSM 1910.119
- HSE Energy Division
Watch an H₂S alarm auto-evacuate a confined-space crew.
Animated watch face — six real refinery / rig scenarios. No install needed.
Create your account, invite your team, they sign in.
Vygard is one app for every industry — workers don't sign themselves up. You create the account, add your people, and they download Vygard and sign in with their phone number.
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Create your account
Set up your organisation online in a couple of minutes — free 14-day trial, no card.
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Invite your team
Add your workers from the dashboard. Their Vygard Petrochem service pack is picked at first login.
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They download & sign in
Workers install Vygard and sign in with their phone number — nothing to configure.
Download Vygard — the Petro pack is built in.
Scan to install on the worker's phone. They sign in and pick Oil, gas & petrochemical; the Vygard Petrochem pack loads automatically.
See the Petro pack on your own data.
Try the live demo or book a 30-minute call. We'll show you the workflow your team would actually use.