Minimal staffing and lone working: ensuring employee safety and wellbeing in the power sector

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  • Published: February 2022
  • REF/ISBN: 9781787252929
  • Edition: 1st
  • Status: Current

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This publication provides good practice guidance to help organisations manage the risks of lone working. The publication covers when lone working should be avoided, and provides guidance on various topics that are common to most lone working scenarios, including risk management, competence, supervisions, monitoring and communications, wellbeing, fatigue, maintaining focus, driving, personal security, safety culture, and emergency response. This publication also provides a simple checklist for organisations to help ensure these issues have been effectively considered.

This publication is aimed at those who manage employees who work alone, or in minimal teams.

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