Lone working

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This subtopic explains the health and safety issues surrounding lone working, including home working. It provides guidance on risk assessment and risk control measures and contains Precedent risk assessments, policy documents and other handy tools.

Who is a lone worker?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines lone workers as people who work by themselves without close or direct supervision.

Practice Note: Lone working contains some examples.

Responsibilities

By law, employers have specific responsibilities towards the safety of their employees, as do the employees themselves.

Precedent: Policy—lone working sets out some specific responsibilities for both employers and employees in terms of lone

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