Protecting lone workers is a key part of any health and safety manager's role. Lone workers are exposed to many additional hazards in the workplace. Identifying these and putting safety systems in place is paramount to preventing accidents or incidents, and ensuring that staff have the ability to ...
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Lone Workers,
Manufacturing Industry,
Health and Safety
In order to keep large sites operating - especially in the manufacturing sector - it is often necessary to have employees moving around the site by themselves in order to deal with the workload that can often be generated by such expansive facilities. However, whilst this makes for an efficient ...
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Lone Workers,
Health and Safety
Given the wide range of departments, roles, and services that the medical profession covers, it’s no surprise that lone workers play a vital role in delivering many of the services on offer. Ambulance personnel, community health providers, social workers, carers, technicians, out of hours care and ...
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Lone Workers,
Health and Safety,
Hospitals,
Critical Alarm Management
Lone workers can make up a significant part of many workforces. They can be found in a number of different industries and sectors, from manufacturing to education. Regardless of the industry in which they work, there is one thing that all lone workers have in common, the need (and the right) to ...
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Lone Workers,
Manufacturing Industry,
Health and Safety
Robust ATEX approved radios, with panic button functionality implemented at COMAH site Automated communications specialist, ANT Telecom announces it is working with Synthomer, one of the world’s leading suppliers of Acrylic and Vinyl emulsions polymers, to help enhance communication and ensure its ...
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Lone Workers,
Health and Safety,
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Lone worker hazards can be an issue in any environment that requires employees to work alone for any period of time. A safe working environment is key to a happy and productive workforce, but creating one requires thorough planning. Health and safety managers are responsible for the wellbeing of ...
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Lone Workers,
Manufacturing Industry,
Health and Safety
When managing a team of employees and calculating a safety plan to ensure each of them is protected from danger at work, having a quick response process is essential. With most workforces having lone workers in some form, it is important to thoroughly plan emergency response procedures that are ...
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