How it works
The lock you won't leave behind.
ISOtrack lives inside MyRnR. Here is the story behind it, how the reminder actually works, and what the rest of the app handles while you are at it.
Why I built this
I am a FIFO worker who happens to write code on the side. ISOtrack came out of two near-incidents with my own personal isolation lock, in the space of a few months.
The first was a workshop drill. I had finished the job and was walking back to take my lock off when a colleague stopped me with a quick question. I got distracted, packed up, jumped in my ute, and drove 45 minutes to the next site. When I tried to lock on there, I could not find my lock — and remembered. Drove the 45 minutes back, rang the colleague to let him know, dealt with it.
The second one was worse. I had been working on a digger during a shut. Finished up, went back to camp, completely forgot. At 10pm I got a phone call from the night-shift supervisor asking me to come back and remove my lock. I was lucky — I had a work ute, so I could drive. Most of the boys on shut catch buses to camp, so they would have been stranded with no way back. Drove out, took my lock off, drove back. Next morning at prestart I got a written notice for an isolation breach.
That was when I made myself a promise: build something that would always remind me. So this never happens again. Not to me, not to anyone else who has just had a long day and a friendly distraction at the wrong moment.
ISOtrack is what came out of that promise.
How ISOtrack reminds you
Your phone is in your pocket all day anyway. Every time you pull it out, the reminder is right there.
You isolate the equipment with your personal lock as you always do. Then you tap Lock On in the app — that turns on a silent green card that sits at the top of your notification panel until you Lock Off. The card does not take over your phone or block anything. Your phone works exactly as normal. The card is just there, in the notification panel, when you happen to look.
Phone in your hand. Glance down. Green card says ISOLATION CLEAR. That reminds you — you have not locked on yet. You walk back, put your physical lock on the gear, then tap Lock On in the app so the reminder kicks in for the rest of the shift.
Phone in your hand checking the time. Red card says ISOLATION ACTIVE — Since 10:42am. Your physical lock is still on the gear. Walk back, take your lock off, then tap Lock Off in the app.
Card is there. You see it. You do not forget.
The card only shows during your roster's shift hours. Off shift, off your phone. Day off, gone. It does not buzz, it does not nag. It is just present.
The off-site alarm
If you forget — really forget — and start to drive away with your lock still on, ISOtrack notices.
The app uses your phone's GPS to keep an eye on the 500 metre area around where you locked on. If you cross that line at faster than walking pace, an alarm fires.
This is not a quiet notification. It plays through the same audio channel your phone uses for your morning alarm clock — which means it bypasses silent mode, Do Not Disturb, and Bluetooth music routing. It will be heard. Plus a voice warning that repeats: "Warning. Off site. Your personal isolation lock is still on. Return and remove your lock."
The alarm does not stop until you tap Lock Off. If you cannot tap it right now — say you are driving and cannot safely pull over — it keeps going. The reminder repeats six times over the next hour. The vibration alone is hard to miss.
The rest of MyRnR
ISOtrack is the lock reminder. The rest of MyRnR is the admin you cannot escape — sorted in one place.
Tickets and expiries
Every certificate, every site induction, every ticket. Renewal reminders so you do not get sent away on a Tuesday for a ticket that lapsed on Monday.
Vault
Every document in one place. When admin or your supervisor asks for a copy of your white card or your H2S ticket, you do not dig through three email folders to find it.
Roster
Your swing dates, with the right pattern, day or night shift. ISOtrack uses these to know when you are on shift, which is when the lock card appears.
Pay cycle and bills
Track when you get paid, what bills are coming, what is left after the swing. Use as much or as little of this as you want.
Important — what ISOtrack is and is not
ISOtrack is a personal reminder. It helps you remember to lock on, lock off, and not leave site with your lock still on equipment.
ISOtrack is not a certified lockout / tagout device. It is not an electrical isolation control measure. It does not replace any site safety procedure or company isolation system. The off-site alarm is a backup, not a primary control.
You must continue to follow all site safety requirements, your employer's isolation procedures, and any applicable regulations. Always physically verify that your lock is on the gear and physically verify that it has been removed before leaving.