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- Date published: 10/03/2021
Lone Worker Risk Assessment
What is it?
It is the process and steps taken
by a business of identifying risks involved and associated with the job role
carried out by a lone worker. A lone risk assessment must consider the
following: hazards involved with the job, the different environments and people
involved within the job. The overall purpose of such assessment is to identify
the health and safety control measures that need to be acted upon to ensure the
safety of your lone workers.
Are Lone Worker Risk
Assessments a Legal Requirements?
They are a legal requirement and therefore should be carried out for all your employees. It is worth noting that if you employ five or more people you then are legally required to write and record your risk assessments. This would be stored often in your Lone worker policy.
How do I create a
lone worker risk assessment
You might be now thinking about what should be included in your
Lone working assessment. Below are the following considerations that should be
made.
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The identified hazards.
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Who might come into harm and how.
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Procedures already in place to prevent harm.
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How you will reduce risk with further preventive
measures.
It is also useful to include on
your written report who carried out the risk assessment, the date it was
carried out, the date of any next steps and when the next review is due.
How Libben Can Help
At Libben we have a range of
health and safety courses either classroom, remote or e-learning courses are
available. For further training on lone risk assessments find our e-learning course
here.
Also check out our other blog on
conducting a covid-19
risk assessments and the steps your business should be taking.
For more information about Lone Working visit the HSE here.
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