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Posted By Denn
On rare occasions, one of our office workers may decide to come into the office at the weekend to finish off something urgent, etc.
He may be in for 3-6 hours.
We're on the 3rd floor of a high rise building and he will be required to sign in with security on reception who are not employed by us.
As it's such a low risk environment, is there any need to put any measures in place for this lone working?
Thanks in advance.
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Posted By Wil
If you are saying it is such a low risk environment because of the risk assessment you have done then there may be little you have to do to ensure the employee's safety. If you haven't done the RA then do one and see what risks are there. Once you have the risks formulate control measures, such as security checking on the employee at suitable intervals. Unless we have all the facts / risks it is difficult to comment.
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Posted By Denn
Yes, we have done a risk assessment for the office and it is this that has assessed the area as low risk.
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Posted By Bob Youel
what about the risk assessments for the person as well as the office e.g. is the person healthy and fit or not healthy and unfit? As risk assessments must include all factors e.g. An average low risk office may be a high risk environment for a blind person if that person has not been considered in the layout etc!
Evaluate all areas not just the inert furnishings etc and your answer should be easily solved as there is a security team on site
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Posted By Michael Carr
I would say as long as they sign in with security and they are aware he/she is in the building would be sufficient.
I assume your security do regular building patrols? I work in an office and we have people coming in all the time on weekends. it would be a bit inpractable carrying out health surveys on eveyone that came in to catch up on some work for a few hrs on a Saturday afternoon
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Posted By jervis
Nothing new i was going to say as the last post did if he is signing in and out that should be ok,
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Posted By Bill Parkinson
Your lone working assessment should cover such issues as whether security make checks of the areas and if the lone worker needed to summon assistance how easy is it. Another factor would be how often is this done. If it is done on frequent basis then the risks will in most instances increase. One way round is for persons coming in to give an estimate of how long they will be in which security personnel can write down and then check in after this period. Also do the staff tell security or sign out when leaving so to inform them there is no-one in the area?
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