Lone workers are found in many roles. The traditional stereotype is someone working in remote countryside, but the reality is often it is staff outside the office going to meetings, visiting private homes, checking on worksites, and working off-site.

Moving outside the traditional office environment brings risks to lone worker safety such as aggression from members of the public, animals, hazardous environments, equipment, and isolation. Best practice is to always have staff working with at least one other person, but the reality is that this isn’t always possible or affordable.

This is when lone worker personal safety devices come into play to ensure you are meeting your duty of care. These devices provide the essential mix of location information, covert duress triggering, and various automated duress types to ensure your staff are protected. There are even devices that can automatically trigger an alert when the individual is incapable of doing so.

Monitoring of lone workers is another essential safety consideration. Your organisation might have the resources internally to monitor your lone workers during usual business hours, but does that extend to after-hours work? Smartrak has partnered with some of Australia and New Zealand’s top security monitoring centres to provide 24/7 monitoring services to organisations that need the support, or who wish to ensure a professional, experienced process is in place.