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So much of lone worker and broader health and safety advice focuses on preparation and prevention, but what to do after an accident at work has occurred can often be just as crucial to the overall story. An accident at work procedure can be stressful for everyone involved, but knowing more about the process beforehand…

Even as many people are working from home, it remains the case that the transport industry employs a vital part of the country’s workforce. It is also one of the sectors employing lone workers in large numbers. Because of this, businesses are tasked with managing the unique hazards their employees face, whether that’s dealing with…

Working at height remains one of the leading causes of workplace injury, and many businesses still aren’t doing enough to protect their workers from the risks they face on a day to day basis. This could be due to working at height regulations being difficult to understand and even more challenging to implement. The Work…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its latest figures on workplace injury and ill-health, revealing that 32.5 million working days were lost in the UK due to accidents, long-term injury and ill-health during the 2019/20 period. This translates to 1.6 million workers suffering from ill-health brought on by workplace-related factors. The most prevalent…

Lone worker protection is understandably thought of by many as just a small part of an organisation’s health and safety efforts, referring as it does to only one part of the workforce. But if recent times have taught us anything, it is that remote and lone working is not going anywhere. Lone workers have been…

Working nights is a common reality for workers across a variety of industries and, while many prefer this way of working, it also comes with its fair share of downsides. The benefits of working at night include travelling at times when the roads and public transport are less busy, having more personal time in afternoons…

We all know that people are busy, and health and safety or lone worker training can sometimes fall to the bottom of the list of things to do. If some of your employees work remotely or out in the field then this can make things even more tricky, with additional steps that have to be…

Achieving optimum health and safety at work is a group effort that involves everyone from employers and full-time staff to contractors and even visitors. If a company does not have the basics of its health and safety down, then it can lead to bad outcomes for any or all of these categories of people, but…