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1. Hi James,

   Hi James,

   I have put together quite a few presentations on the subject of lone worker safety for our potential and current clients. Our presentations on the subject typically follow this structure:

   1) Potential risks of working alone with examples of situations in which a lone worker was injured or perished

   2) Common situations in which an employee may find themselves in a lone worker situation

   3) Challenges faced in mitigating or eliminating risks in lone worker situations

   4) Best practices for lone workers

      a) Sample risk assessment

      b) Check-in protocols

      c) Solutions, technological solutions and lone worker monitoring

      d) Emergency response protocols

   Because your training session(s) are focusing on a specific industry or vertical, you could re-work this overview to suit your purposes.

   Additionally, we have written a few blog posts that may have some materials that you could make use of:

    

   Implementing Lone Worker Safety Monitoring in a Unionized Workplace

   NSC Webinar: Workers don't have to be alone while working alone

   Measuring Your Risk of Workplace Violence

   The Benefits of Automated Safety Monitoring vs. Traditional Methods

   The Layers of Safety Monitoring

   6 Tips to Reduce Slips Trips and Falls in the Workplace

    

   Hopefully there will be something in there that can help you with your presentation!

   Best regards,

   Garrett

    

   Full Disclosure: I am the Marketing Coordinator for Blackline GPS, an international company that designs and manufactures lone worker safety monitoring devices.

2. Great Stuff!

   Thanks Garrett

   I'll have a good look through!

3. Must be the season for it – I

   Must be the season for it – I'm doing exactly the same!

   Given the health and safety nature of it, try to make sure that it's not too bogged down in law.

   Consider using a field trip for some on-the-spot dynamic risk assessment, maybe using a void property if you have access to one?

   The aim is to keep people safe after all, but the problem is that most people underestimate the risks they face. The training has to include some really practical exercises to get them to identify, not only the risks, but the potential controls.

4. Some good ideas there…

   Thanks Jon