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Example of changes employers can make

• Changing access to a building to make it easier for wheelchair users.
• Looking at who does what tasks.
• Moving a disabled person into a different job.
• Changing the working hours of a disabled person.
• Giving a disabled person time off for appointments with doctors and other healthcare
workers.
• Training for a disabled person and people who work with them.

Source : http://www.hse.gov.uk/disability/easyread.pdf

Lone Workers

Lone workers are those who work by themselves without close or direct
supervision, for example:

• A person working alone in a small workshop, petrol station, kiosk or shop

• People working on their own outside normal hours, e.g. cleaners and security, maintenance
or repair staff

Lone workers are at the increase of violence when their job involves

• work from a fixed base, such as one person working alone on a premise (e.g. shops, petrol
stations etc)
• work separately from others on the same premises (e.g. security staff) or work outside
normal hours
• work away from a fixed base (e.g., maintenance workers, health care workers, environment
inspectors)
• work at home (homeworkers); and
• mobile workers (e.g., taxi drivers)

There is a risk of injured or fall ill. Certain activities involve high risk of injury or ill health e.g. entry
into confined space. Lone working in confined space shall be inappropriate or need additional
precautions to protect the lone worker.

Lone workers should not be put at more risk than other employees. Establishing a
healthy and safe working environment for lone workers can be different from
organising the health and safety of other employees.

Some of the issues that need special attention when planning safe working arrangements, but
your risk assessment process should identify the issues relevant to your circumstances.

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