Pre-shift safety comprehension for construction

Workers arrive ready.
Coordinators get audit-grade proof.

Astutely turns your existing safe job procedures into a 10-minute pre-shift check workers complete on their phone — in their language. You see who's cleared before the shift starts. The inspector sees the audit trail with one click.

10 min pre-shift check SMS link, no app EN · ES · FR · PT Jurisdiction-aware Supervisor sign-off Audit-ready export

Send us one of your safe job procedures. We'll build a pre-shift check from it and show you in 20 minutes.

Coordinator Dashboard
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Upload your safe job procedure
SJP_Single_Lane_Alternating_BC.pdf
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Pre-shift check ready
3 modules · jurisdiction-tagged BC · ~45 seconds
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Sent by SMS before the shift
21 workers · complete by 7:00 AM
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Cleared for site
18 of 21 cleared · 3 need a refresher
5:47 AM •••••
Pre-shift check for your 7:00 AM shift. 10 min. Tap to start.
Language: EN · ES · FR · PT
Done. Cleared.
On site right now · Scenario
Your partner TCP hasn't confirmed by radio. A vehicle is waiting at your end. What's your next move?
Release the vehicle — you can see your partner is clear
✓ Hold traffic until you get radio confirmation, even if it costs time
Honk three times so your partner knows
"It's not that the material isn't good. It's the delivery that's the problem. Communication is safety — there cannot be any miscommunication amongst flaggers because that's when people die."
Vice President, Health & Safety
"Found a gap. The internal training is strong. The external subs? Pen and paper. This solves that."
Director of Safety
"3-4 hours of daily briefings are brutal. This would be great. The interaction is good for the guys."
HSE Coordinator
"So much better than clicking through slides. This is what a real toolbox talk should feel like."
Independent H&S Consultant

You can prove the briefing happened. You can't prove anyone understood it.

Every safety system on the market tracks that a form was signed. None of them tell you the worker actually understood the hazard. Meanwhile your coordinators are running 3-4 hours of repetitive briefings every morning, your multilingual crews are nodding along to English-only content, and your supervisors aren't logging in to attest to anything.

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No proof of comprehension
Current tools confirm the form was opened and signed. They don't confirm the worker standing on your site understood the hazard. When the inspector asks, you have a signature — not evidence.
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Multilingual crews, English-only content
Spanish, Portuguese, French speakers nod through English briefings. In construction, 7.5% of the workforce accounts for 35% of fatalities. Miscommunication isn't an inconvenience — it's the cause.
Different jurisdictions, one document
Your BC procedure cites OHSR Part 18 and TMM 2020. Your Ontario crews need OTM Book 7 and O. Reg. 213/91. Today that's two separate documents, rewritten by hand, every time something changes.
Supervisors won't attest on time
Due diligence requires the supervisor's sign-off after a worker is trained. Getting area managers to remember to log in once a week is the #1 non-compliance issue most safety teams face.
development hours per training hour. A 4-hour course costs your safety team 32 hours to build — and is obsolete the moment a regulation updates.
$250K
cost of one in-person all-hands safety town hall at a mid-size contractor
131
regulatory inspection orders one safety leader received in 4 years — each one demanding proof

Your document. Your jurisdiction. Their language. Proof in your hand.

You don't rebuild anything. Astutely takes your existing safe job procedures and turns them into interactive pre-shift checks workers complete on their phone — with the right regulatory citations for the province or state they're working in.

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Upload your safe job procedure
PDFs, toolbox talk docs, slide decks, SOPs. Astutely reads the document, picks the right jurisdiction (BC, ON, AB, OR, WA — 9 supported), and builds a scenario-based pre-shift check in about 45 seconds.
PDF Word PowerPoint SOPs
📄 SJP_Single_Lane_BC_v3.2.pdf
3 modules ready · cites OHSR Part 18, TMM 2020
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Workers complete it on their phone, in their language
SMS link arrives. Worker taps. The whole check — briefing, voice instructor, on-site scenarios, comprehension questions — runs in their first language. No app install. No login. ~10 minutes on any phone.
Voice AI in 4 languages Scenario decisions Comprehension checks
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You see who's cleared. Supervisors sign off. Inspector gets the audit trail.
Cleared workers show up green on your dashboard before 7 AM. Area managers get a one-tap SMS to attest. Compliance export packages every record — worker, jurisdiction, score, supervisor sign-off, timestamp — in CSV or PDF.
Pre-shift clearance One-tap supervisor sign-off Audit-ready export
18 of 21 cleared before 7:00 AM
3 workers flagged — refresher generated and sent

The answer to "who's actually ready for site?"

Every safety leader who sees this screen names it the most valuable feature. It's the first thing they check before the shift starts — and the first thing they show the inspector.

18 of 21
cleared before their shift
100%
In native language
94%
Comprehension
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Jurisdictions covered
3 workers below threshold. Generate a 2-minute refresher in their language — one tap, one minute.
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Know who's ready before the shift
Per-worker clearance with comprehension data before anyone steps on site. No guessing.
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Coach the gap, not the whole crew
Pick a worker, name what they fumbled, get a targeted refresher in their language. End to end in under a minute.
Supervisors attest with one tap
Area manager gets an SMS the moment a worker clears. One tap on their phone. Due diligence locked.
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Audit-ready for the inspector
Per-worker records with timestamp, language, jurisdiction, score, and supervisor sign-off. CSV or PDF, your call.

Built for safety leaders who are tired of taking
the inspector's call without proof.

Champion
VPs of Health & Safety, Directors, HSE Coordinators
You own the audit posture. When a regulator shows up, the documentation has to be airtight. When a worker fails a flagger procedure in a language they don't speak, that's your name on the incident report. Astutely gives you verified comprehension per worker, per shift, per jurisdiction — with supervisor sign-off you don't have to chase.
"Communication is safety. We needed a way to prove they understood, not just that they nodded." — Vice President, Health & Safety
Budget Holder
Directors of Operations & Safety Program Owners
You're paying $250K for an in-person town hall every time a regulation moves. Your team is rebuilding procedures by jurisdiction by hand. Your supervisors aren't signing off on time. Astutely replaces the town hall with a 10-minute pre-shift check, regenerates the content per jurisdiction in 45 seconds, and locks in supervisor due diligence automatically.
"Found a gap. Internal training is fine. External subs are pen and paper. This solves that." — Director of Safety
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Civil & Traffic Control
Road builders, infrastructure, flagger operations. High rotation, daily SJP delivery, multi-province posture, inspection-order pressure.
Strongest signal
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Heavy Civil & Industrial
Concrete, formwork, excavation, underground utilities. Long projects, multilingual crews, formal supervisor sign-off chains.
Strong signal
Powerline & Utilities
Trade workers in the field, no desk, no email. SMS is the only delivery that lands. Voice AI fits how the trade already learns.
Growing signal

Other systems prove a form was signed.
Astutely proves the worker understood the hazard.

Closed-loop comprehension is the difference between "training happened" and "the worker is actually ready for the shift." It's the difference an inspector cares about.

The Current Approach
3-4 hours of morning toolbox talks
Workers sign that they "read" the document
English-only content for multilingual crews
One procedure rewritten by hand per jurisdiction
Supervisors chased weekly to sign off
Audit trail in folders, binders, and email threads
Generic refreshers for the whole crew
Astutely
10-minute pre-shift check on the worker's phone
Workers make real on-site decisions — can't skip
EN, ES, FR, PT — voice AI in the worker's first language
Same source, regenerated per jurisdiction in 45 seconds
Supervisors attest with one SMS tap
Audit-ready CSV or PDF, one click
Coaching mode — refresher for one worker, in their language

Predictable. Per-seat. No per-worker tax on your growth.

You pay per coordinator seat, not per worker. Adding a 200-person crew doesn't change the bill. Pilot for one month on a real shift before you commit to anything beyond.

Annual
Starting at
$750/seat/mo
Billed annually · per coordinator seat
  • Unlimited workers per seat
  • Unlimited pre-shift checks
  • All 9 jurisdictions (Canada + US)
  • Coaching mode + voice AI
  • Audit-grade compliance export
Enterprise
Custom
Multi-site, multi-jurisdiction
  • Volume seat pricing
  • Additional language packs
  • Open API + integration with existing systems
  • Dedicated implementation support
$250K
Cost of one in-person town hall it replaces
Hours saved per hour of content delivered
$40K
Average cost of a medically-consulted injury
9
Jurisdictions covered out of the box (CA + US)

Upload what you have. Know who's ready.

No new content to build. No new software for workers to learn. Drop in the documents you already have. We handle the rest.

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Upload your safe job procedure
PDFs, slide decks, Word docs, SOPs. Astutely reads it, picks the jurisdiction, builds the check in ~45 seconds.
📄 PDF, PowerPoint, Word, SOP
Ready in 45 seconds
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Refine it in plain English
"Add a question about radio failure." "Translate this module to Spanish." Type what you want, watch the check change.
Edit by conversation, not by form
👁 Full preview before sending
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Send by SMS
Workers get a link. Pick their language. Complete on any phone. No app install. No login.
📲 SMS — no app required
🌐 EN / ES / FR / PT
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See who's cleared
Per-worker clearance before the shift. Supervisors auto-pinged for sign-off. Audit export ready when the inspector calls.
Cleared by name · per language
📝 Supervisor sign-off + audit trail

Send us one of your safe job procedures.
We'll show you what's possible.

In 20 minutes, we'll build a pre-shift check from your actual document and show you what it looks like when workers arrive ready, supervisors have signed off, and the audit trail is one click away. No commitment. No credit card.

Pilot available: 4 weeks, one crew, real data — before you commit to anything.