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Our employees occasionally have to work away from our main site in remote locations or on sites that they are not familiar with. The work they carry out is engineering and welding based.
We are now trying to develop a checklist that we ask the remote site prior to taking up any work to ensure that all hazards and risks are clear and controlled. e.g. Is there First Aid Cover?, Is there working at height? Is there any manual handling?, Will someone be present on site?, will work require two people?
I wonder if any has already developed such a checklist that they would be agreeable to share with me?
Thank you in advance
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I presume the checklist is for yourself in order to establish the type of hazards which may be encountered, otherwise a checklist is not much help for those working in remote locations. I suggest you develop a procedure for Lone Working and roll out to your operatives. The procedure should explain what controls are in place ie communications, first aid, and what activities will be prohibited when lone working - for example, working in confined spaces, working at height, live electrical work and so on.
Without knowing what type of work is involved it is difficult to provide much more information.
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I assume you want a list for the site provider so that you can provide a safe method of work and a risk assessment?
Because depending on what they tell you will affect on what controls you need to put in place?
We carry out site visits prior to any work commencing but we gather the same kind of information.
1st aid provision on site
Welfare facilities
Location
Hazardous substances
Hazardous processes
etc.
BUT it still down to us to provide a safe place of work etc. for our employee.
I would assume that if working at height is required you would know this before sending an employee? To assess employee suitability and training requirements?
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And when it comes to communications - is there a mobile signal on site (here 50-70% of the area has no signal)
Colin
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Thanks for the comments but all I was really looking for was an example checklist so that we could build on it. Any takers?
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Is this something that the engineers would complete upon arriving at site, almost like a quick risk assessment or a questionnaire you would send to the customer to complete
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Mr.Flibble wrote:Is this something that the engineers would complete upon arriving at site, almost like a quick risk assessment or a questionnaire you would send to the customer to complete Yes Would like to see some examples and make sure we catch every area.
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Yes which? The engineer or the client?
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Kate wrote:Yes which? The engineer or the client? Client would provide information up front and then double checked by engineer on arrival
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A point of work or dynamic risk assessment would give you the type of list that you are looking for. There are a few on line if you do a search. Alternatively drop me a PM and I’ll send you my version. You should be able to convert it to a pre job questionnaire
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I also have a question on remote/lone working. Has any body come up with an effective way of ensuring that a remote / lone worker arrives home safely outside normal working hours? Is it an employers responsibility to ensure they do arrive home safely if they do not work from a fixed base i.e engineer working from home, issued a job, carries out the work outside normal office hours, then returns home??
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
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I also have a question on remote/lone working. Has any body come up with an effective way of ensuring that a remote / lone worker arrives home safely outside normal working hours? Is it an employers responsibility to ensure they do arrive home safely if they do not work from a fixed base i.e engineer working from home, issued a job, carries out the work outside normal office hours, then returns home??
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
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HSRhino wrote:I also have a question on remote/lone working. Has any body come up with an effective way of ensuring that a remote / lone worker arrives home safely outside normal working hours? Is it an employers responsibility to ensure they do arrive home safely if they do not work from a fixed base i.e engineer working from home, issued a job, carries out the work outside normal office hours, then returns home??
Anyone got any thoughts on this? How about they have to telephone a duty manager/ line manager on arrival home/ hotel? Said manager could be appraised of approximately when the job is likely to finish for a given day, and approximate commute time to final destination. Allow a predefined amount of slippage for traffic. If engineer hasn't phoned in by this time, then they could call to check they are OK?
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