Common risks affecting council employees might be aggression from clients, or accidental injuries in remote and high-risk areas. In these situations, it’s important that staff members have the right training, protection and support.
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Health and safety is part of the job for people working in the security sector. In many cases, a security worker is working to protect people and property, but their own safety is also of vital importance.
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Housing associations employ an estimated 148,000 people in the UK, many of whom are lone workers delivering essential services.
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The social care sector employs a vast amount of lone workers in the UK. Whether working in care homes, community settings, or in the homes of their service users, care workers will often spend some or all of their workday alone, or in small teams.
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The health and safety challenges facing lone workers in agriculture are many. That’s why we’ve built, what Farmers Weekly called, “A simple piece of software that can save lives”.
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In this article, we’ll look at some of the fundamental risks associated with the aviation industry, how risks are changing, and how these tie in to lone working.
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Whether within the school grounds, in the community, on a school trip, or even while working at home, the safety of those working alone (lone workers) must be specifically addressed within your school’s risk assessment.
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The NHS has many legitimate reasons for its staff to be working alone but, according to the Health and Safety Executive, while ‘Lone working does not always mean a higher risk of violence’, ‘it does make workers more vulnerable’.
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Environmental, conservation and land-based roles play an integral role in protecting, maintaining and promoting the natural world. While often desirable, there are many risks specific to this sector, particularly for lone workers
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With such a diversity of roles and responsibilities, universities have many health and safety considerations to keep in mind.
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According to the British Security Industry Association, hotel employees working alone have the highest levels of risk in the hospitality sector.
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