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This is why SFU has decided to take a site-specific approach to ensuring the safety and health of employees who are required to work alone. </p> <h3>Risk Assessment & Site-specific Working Alone or in Isolation Protocols</h3> <p>Supervisors must identify working alone or in isolation tasks and the employees who are required to perform them. After the tasks are identified, the supervisor must perform a risk assessment to identify any hazards and implement controls to fully eliminate or mitigate them. These hazards and controls or mitigations are documented in the site-specific working alone or in isolation protocol along with check-in procedures. These protocols are "site-specific" meaning they can cover the activities of an entire department or be more specific to a laboratory or field research activities. </p> <p>The GP 39 Risk Assessment Procedure provides detailed steps to aid upper level managers and supervisors in performing the risk assessment and developing  protocols. Supervisors simply need to populate pre-existing templates with site-specific information. See <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/srs/work-research-safety/general-safety/working-alone-or-in-isolation/resources-for-supervisors.html">Resources for Supervisors</a> for more information and templates.  </p> <p>Once developed, these protocols must be reviewed by all employees in the department who are required to work alone or in isolation. The protocols must be reviewed annually or more frequently if it is found that they are not working effectively.</p> <h3>Check-in </h3> <p>Periodic check-in is required when employees are working alone or in isolation. Check-in procedures need to include:</p> <ul> <li><b>Frequency</b>: The site-specific protocols identify the frequency of check-in for each activity based on the risk associated with the activity<ul> <li>Approved high/moderate risk activities should have more frequent check-in </li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Who</b>: Check-in is performed by the employee's supervisor or their check-in designate</li> <li><b>How</b>: The lone worker will check-in with the supervisor/the check-in designate at the agreed upon frequency; alternatively the supervisor/check-in designate will attend the work location and visually check on the employee<ul> <li>Teams/Slack</li> <li>Phone/2-way radios</li> <li>Email    </li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Emergency Procedures</b>: Supervisor and lone worker need to establish what to do if check-in is missed and what to do in case of emergency</li> </ul> <p>See <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/srs/work-research-safety/general-safety/working-alone-or-in-isolation/resources-for-supervisors.html">Resources for Supervisors</a> for more information and check-in templates.</p> <h4><b>Auditing</b></h4> <p>Various SFU safety inspections include questions about working alone or in isolation procedures. 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