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Lone worker safety, explained properly.
Practical guidance on welfare checks, escalation and compliance — written by the team that builds them.
The true cost of a missed welfare check (and how to make them impossible to miss)
A missed welfare check rarely announces itself. The real cost is the silent hours before anyone notices — and it's exactly that gap you can design away.
Night shifts, empty sites: lone worker safety in security & facilities
Nights, empty buildings and long solo patrols define lone working in security and facilities. Here's how to keep those workers genuinely safe, not just monitored.
Protecting housing officers on home visits: a safety playbook
Home visits put housing officers in unfamiliar, unpredictable settings, often alone. Here's a practical safety playbook for before, during and after the visit.
Lone worker risk assessment: a practical template walk-through
A lone worker risk assessment doesn't need to be a 40-page document. Here's a practical, section-by-section walk-through you can adapt for your own team.
Building an escalation ladder that actually gets answered
A missed check-in is only useful if it reaches someone who acts. Here's how to build an escalation ladder that keeps climbing until a real person responds.
SMS vs app vs AI voice call: choosing the right check-in channel
The channel you use for welfare check-ins shapes how many people actually do them. Here's an honest comparison of SMS, a dedicated app, and an automated voice call.
BS 8484 and lone worker devices: what the standard covers (and what it doesn't)
BS 8484 comes up in almost every lone worker device conversation — often as a badge with little explanation. Here's what the British Standard actually addresses.
Welfare checks that don't annoy your team: designing check-in schedules
Check in too often and people tune out; too rarely and the safety net has holes. Here's how to design a check-in schedule your team will actually stick to.
Lone working and the law: what HSE guidance actually expects
There's no law that bans working alone — but the general duties absolutely apply. Here's what UK health and safety guidance actually expects of employers.
What is a lone worker? The UK employer's plain-English guide
Lone working is more common than most employers realise — and it isn't just remote fieldwork. Here's who counts as a lone worker, and what that means for your duty of care.