Published: 08 November, 2022
Across many manufacturing and production sites there is often a need for employees to work alone. Chris Potts, Marketing Director, ANT Telecom explains the important role that effective communication plays, and about how to put in place a robust supporting process, which can aid when a major incident occurs, such as, when a lone worker falls from height or tumbles downstairs in a remote location and is rendered unconscious
In many manufacturing situations employees – although part of wider teams – function as lone workers, and their health and lives are often at risk. This raises a key question about how best to protect solo workers?
To guide organisations, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has compiled a useful booklet about the issue. Titled – Protecting lone workers, INDG73 – it explains how to keep…
