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Legally, there is no requirement to create a separate document for lone workers. Some companies may find it beneficial to create a separate lone working risk assessment, while some may find it easier to add it to their existing risk assessment.
A man down (or “fall detection”) alarm can detect if a user has taken a serious fall and will trigger an alert.
Although fall detection devices are popular for personal and professional use, when we talk about man down alarms, we tend to mean systems used to protect people while they are working.
COSHH stands for the “Control of Substances Hazardous to Health”. COSHH laws tell employers how they should handle and manage dangerous substances, such as poisons, corrosive materials and flammable products.
What are the best lone worker apps in the UK? This article reviews the top five lone worker solutions and ranks them on their apps, wearable devices, alarm receiving centres, staff management and cost.
An alarm receiving centre (ARC for short) is a facility that receives and processes alarms. These alarms may be triggered due to a system detecting intruders, fires, injury, or some other risk to health or property.
These free posters will not only act as helpful reminders to your warehouse workers, but will also help you create a culture of safety in your warehouse or storage facility.
A health and safety policy is a document composed by an employer stating the company’s commitment to upholding the health and safety of employees and to the public.
A lone working policy is a document that sets out your company’s rules, best practices and guidance for working alone. It will help new and existing staff understand the risks to them and their organisation when lone working.
A risk assessment is a process of identifying, measuring and evaluating risk for individuals, organisations, assets and the environment as a result of a particular activity, role or undertaking.
22% of the UK working population are lone workers. A lone worker is simply someone who works by themselves without close or direct supervision. Find out everything you need to know about lone workers.
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.
Hand washing plays a major role in keeping your team and your customers healthy. Frequent, correct hand washing can reduce the spread of germs and illnesses within your workplace.
For those that drive for a living –whether it involves buses, vans, cars, HGVs, trains or even bikes– it may be completely unremarkable to work alone for hours on end.
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.
Housing associations employ an estimated 148,000 people in the UK, many of whom are lone workers delivering essential services.
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.
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”.
An introduction to the oil and gas industry The oil and gas industry has long played an important role in the UK economy, helping power
An introduction to lone working in the construction sector The UK’s construction industry accounts for £110 billion of annual output and around 10% of all
An introduction to the utility sector Water, gas and electricity organisations supply and maintain essential services for more than 28 million residential homes and businesses
