Lone workers face unique safety challenges across various industries, including healthcare, agriculture, utilities, and social services to name a few. Working alone exposes individuals to specific occupational hazards that require careful attention and proactive measures. To ensure the well-being of lone workers, it is essential to understand the common challenges they encounter and implement effective strategies to enhance their safety.

Wherever we work, there are going to be occupational hazards that test our safety and security. It doesn’t matter if you’re working in a wastewater treatment plant or if you’re a home healthcare worker in a patient’s home – there will be safety hazards, big and small. But when you work alone, the risk of those safety hazards is elevated because there isn’t a coworker nearby to get or provide emergency aid if you get injured. “Lone working” can be defined as performing a task by yourself, without help readily available if you are in trouble.

As a lone worker, your safety is of the utmost importance. You rely on your cellular, satellite, or internet service provider to stay connected to your safety resources, including SafetyLine Lone Worker. However, sometimes your cellular, satellite, or internet service providers may experience outages, leaving you vulnerable and disconnected from your safety network.

Best practices for ensuring lone worker safety

In addition to staying on top of local safety legislation and regulations, there are a number of steps employers can take to make sure their lone workers are safe.

Communication and monitoring systems: The first best practice to ensure lone worker safety is to have effective communication and monitoring systems in place. It is essential that employers establish a system for workers to be able to communicate with others in case of an emergency……

Working alone in the water and wastewater treatment industry comes with unique hazards, and employers are responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of their lone workers. However, solving the complicated issue of lone worker safety is sometimes easier said than done. This article will highlight the dangers lone workers face in this industry and how an automated lone worker solution can help.

At SafetyLine, the security of your data is our top priority. We consider it an essential aspect of our service and take every possible measure to safeguard it. Our team implements robust and current security protocols, and we adhere to the highest industry standards to ensure the protection of your valuable information.

In the USA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not have specific regulations for lone workers. However, OSHA requires employers to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for their employees, including those who work alone or in isolation (OSHA, 2022). Additionally, several US states have their own regulations that require employers to take specific steps to protect their lone workers.

When you hear the term “lone worker” who do you picture in your head? Because they exist across all industries, lone workers have many different faces and work environments. No matter what industry, you are considered a lone worker when you perform your job in conditions where there are no people nearby and/or help is not easily accessible in an emergency.

As we reflect on the success of our December Season of Giving Donation campaign, we are filled with overwhelming gratitude for the outpouring of love and support we received. We are thrilled to share that our efforts will be making a positive impact in the lives of many as we donate $1,250 to four incredible non-profit organizations, including Canadian Mental Health Association - Sudbury/Manitoulin, Compassion House Foundation, BC Association of Pregnancy Outreach Programs, The Bridge Youth & Family Services Canada.

Safety conferences are unique opportunities to connect with other industry professionals, learn about the latest occupational health and safety (OHS) technologies, as well as stay up-to-date with safety legislation and regulations.

With SSO, logging into SafetyLine is made more efficient by eliminating the need to enter your email and password every time. Instead, you can authenticate using a trusted Identity Provider, allowing you to access multiple web applications with just one email and password. SSO allows for logging in not only more securely, but easier for the employee as well, helping improve their productivity, and the security of the account, as well as more straightforward implementation and adoption of the lone worker safety solution.

In 2022, SafetyLine published 35 original blogs and content that ranged from cardiac arrest and call centers to creating emergency action plans and conducting lone worker needs analysis – we covered a lot. Out of all the content, six blog articles resonated most with readers in 2022.

You've almost finished 2022, and we hope you and your team members had a good year and everyone stayed safe – including your friends and family. Additionally, it's becoming our holiday tradition for SafteyLine staff to create Spotify playlists of their favorite holiday and Christmas songs and share them with our blog readers and newsletter subscribers.

We want to show our gratitude by giving back meaningfully this holiday season. Every year, Tsunami Solutions donates to charities. This year, we have set aside $5000; a portion of our donation fund to a registered charity, non-profit, or foundation of your choice is eligible to be nominated. This year we will randomly select four different non-profits to donate $1,250; nominate your favorite non-profit or charity by January 15, 2023.

Here is all of the occupational safety and health-related news that you might have missed in November 2022, including the OSHA’s top 2022 workplace safety violations, a new OSHA workplace stress website, as well as new information on PPE for women and nonfatal workplace injuries.

When it comes to improving the overall occupational health and safety within your workplace, personal safety alarms can be a very effective and valuable safety measure with, as you will read further, several significant benefits to your organization.

Every safety manager and employer would love to have a way to predict workplace accidents before they hurt an employee. Unfortunately, that does not exist yet, however, the good news is there are risk mitigation strategies that can be implemented now, preventing many of these accidents from taking place and as a result, protecting your workers from injuries and harm.

Here is all of the occupational safety and health-related news that you might have missed in October 2022 including a number of funding announcements for workplace mental health, OHS education and training, workplace violence, as well as a survey on the four-day work week.

In a nutshell, these devices will protect an individual worker (or workers - in coordination with other devices) from certain safety hazards in the workplace and other environments and situations. Personal safety devices help employers protect their employees when mobile, employing various technologies to address a range of safety challenges in the workplace at the time. Personal safety devices include a broad group of technology that can include: 

September 2022 safety news included new OSHA grants for safety training, NIOSH looks at suicide prevention as well as electrical safety and confined spaces.