Employers can find basic guidance on how to protect lone workers in lone working.
Lone working policy template for office workers.
Typical office activities outside normal working hours are unlikely to be at significant risk provided appropriate fire precautions and communications are.
This includes advice on managing health and safety risks that particularly affect lone workers such as violence and stress.
How to make sure lone workers are healthy and safe.
A lone working safety policy is a guide that will set out your companies rules on working alone and help your employees to understand the risks they may face.
6 0 safe working arrangements for lone workers.
Training supervision and monitoring.
Lone workers are those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision.
Manage the risks of working alone.
This lone working risk assessment template is used to identify and evaluate hazards present in the workplace to ensure that lone workers are safe during their work shifts.
A lone working risk assessment is a process of identifying and assessing risks associated with a job role carried out by a lone worker.
Lone working risk assessment template.
Protect those working alone.
Following on from your risk assessment you will need to produce a safety policy for your lone workers.
Policy is available in alternative formats on request.
When carrying out a risk assessment for lone working staff you must consider hazards related to the work being carried out the people they come into contact with and the different environments they travel.
This template can be used by team managers and safety officers to mitigate risks before any accidents or injuries happen.