Posted By Glynn Does anyone have any ideas for checking loan workers to make sure they have not hurt themselves....For instance we have guys who can be working on there own for up to 12hours and not see a soul and how would we know that they have hurt themselves in the first 10mins leaving them 11hrs 50mins maybe unconscious. Are there any pieces of equipment out there to help and is this legal to let someone work even though they have radio communication on them to let them do this own without knowing if they are ok because even though they have radios they cannot very well communicated if unconscious or seriously injured..

Posted By Renny Thomson It all comes down to risk assessment. What are they doing and what hazards are they exposed to, are there suitable and sufficient controls? I used to work remote from any colleagues for 2-3 days without contact, in a low risk activity. However,if in an activity with high risk, I'd expect closer supervision and contact.

Posted By David Bramall Glynn Perhaps a simple communication system could be introduced - depending on the work being carried out, the employee contacts their supervisor every 1/2 hour, every 1 hour, every 4 hours etc. If no contact is made, the supervisor tries to contact the employee and then, if no contact is made, phone the BILL, they will find out what's going on. Forgot to mention, it does help a lot if you can establish the itinery / route / timescales of the employee in case you do need to contact emergency services. Regards DrB

Posted By Merv Newman Barry I hadn't heard about the GPS link but it is SO logical. Thanks I did once have a very serious think about the phone-in schedule idea but dropped it. It's too passive and prone to errors. I much prefer the active "something is wrong" system. And with built-in GPS ? Yeah ! Except that probably wouldn't work inside a building. Even so ... Merv