Posted By Tony Birchall Have you tried the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to see if they have anything on this?

Posted By Dave Daniel As a consultant, most of my day is spent lone working. When asked about lone working I always point out that when I worked in the Motor Industry (factories 7,000 emps and larger) there were always a trickle of deaths on site - mainly from natural causes. It was quite common to find someone had felt poorly and gone to the toilets for a sit down and died there. With 7,000 people on site they still died on their own. At one site we had a security guard who'd died and fallen over a gas fire sometime in the night, thankfully in that order. There was little we could have done to save him and clearly lone working was a fundamental part of his job. The moral is that whilst you might offer some protection to people especially at risk, you can't prevent people being in situations where they cannot call for assistance or die without help reaching them. Dave Daniel

Posted By David J Bristow Hi Garry A very good point that Dave Daniel has made in that even with a lot a people about sometimes people can die on their own through natural causes. Firstly – if you can avoid Lone Working then do so: Secondly – if you have to do it then put a good system in place: Thirdly – if you have to do it then take into account within your safe system the age of the worker and any health issues that could put them more at risk that other “younger” persons: The latter links in with a tread posted by Dave Stevenson on the “Older Worker” and the need to undertake perhaps more specific risk assessments taking into account peoples health issues as they get older. Hope this helps – off to more turkey and cranberry sauce. Regards David B