Description
Hazards:
- Difficulties in dealing with an emergency situation, e.g. accident / incident requiring medical attention
- If work involves manual handling, it may be beyond an individual’s capabilities and cause personal injuries
- Lone working in public areas may give rise to incidents of violence involving staff
- Failure to prevent trailing cables may lead to slips, trips and falls
- Increased likelihood of slips trips and falls during hours of darkness or inclement weather
- Outside working
- Temperatures- operatives working in cold / hot or inclement weather
- Security of premises when working out of normal working hours.
- Failure to secure premises