CCTV towers<\/a> at construction or highway work sites to make it clear that the site is under surveillance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIn other situations, you might want to have subtle security solutions, such as when working in healthcare or supporting vulnerable people. There are ample options, such as GPS-enabled personal alarms that trace your location at all times, and SOS systems that activate a rapid transmission circulated to our Alarm Response Centre (ARC).<\/p>\n
4. Develop Agile and Up-to-Date Lone Working Policies<\/h2>\n
If you employ lone workers, you must have a lone working policy and adhere to the relevant legislation on workplace safety and worker protection, but this remains advisable for independent professionals and businesses alike.<\/p>\n
Policies create a plan you can follow and refer back to, which details who is working alone, when, and for what reason, the risks involved, how those threats are being managed, and how they can communicate in an emergency.<\/p>\n
This can lead to identifying a need for additional training, personal safety devices, advanced site-specific security, and other measures, enabling you to update your risk assessment to reflect the actions taken.<\/p>\n
5. Review your lone working policies often<\/h2>\n
We\u2019ve talked about risk assessments and their importance, but we recognise that a static, once-a-year risk assessment isn’t going to be relevant for all lone workers.<\/p>\n
For example, a tradesperson or health visitor might attend several calls to private homes each day and be unable to produce a detailed risk assessment that covers every potential circumstance.<\/p>\n
In this situation, we\u2019d recommend following all of the above steps while also creating dynamic risk assessments that provide a framework against which you or your lone workers can quickly assess whether they are comfortable, and whether they need to take additional steps to protect themselves.<\/p>\n
Further Support With Lone Working Safety<\/h2>\n
As we\u2019ve seen, lone worker risks can be serious, and it\u2019s vital that employers and lone workers take action to ensure they\u2019re not unnecessarily exposed to threats to their personal safety, well-being, or health during the working day.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like a chat with the Clearway team about any of the advice covered here, or about how best to manage specific risks you encounter in your role or business, you are welcome to get in touch.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large proportion of people work alone, whether they operate as independent professionals or tradespeople, work as drivers or home care visitors, are freelancers, or work from home some or all of the time \u2013 and there are several personal safety issues to consider in any of these scenarios. While employers have mandatory requirements to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,18],"tags":[],"area":[52],"class_list":["post-29396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-news","category-technology","area-site-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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