OH&S POLICY
WORKING ALONE
A lift is not a one-person job. If assistance would not be readily available, there is a written check-in. 4.21–4.23.
- DOCUMENT
- GOSPEL-POL-021
- REVISION
- 01 CURRENT
- EFFECTIVE
- 2026-09-01
- OWNER
- GOSPEL Safety
- APPROVED BY
- GOSPEL
- REVIEW
- 2027-09-01
No solo lift
A worker is not assigned to make a lift alone. Operator, rigger and signals are a crew. If the site will leave one person to lift, the work does not start.
When this policy applies
Working alone or in isolation means assistance would not be readily available in an emergency, injury or illness. Visual or verbal contact with other people is readily available. A phone or radio is not. Travel, waiting on a machine, a remote plant, night work, or a crew that left can put a worker in isolation even when the lift itself was crewed.
Before that work
Hazards are identified. A written procedure is set: who checks in, how, and how often — matching the risk. The worker is trained on it. If the site cannot support that, the work does not start.
Check-in
A named person on site or named in this procedure receives the check-in at the set times. Missed check-in is not a voicemail. The designated person calls, then escalates, then sends help or emergency services. A spouse is not the check-in system.
Say it
If you will be out of visual and verbal contact, you tell the supervisor before the hook. The check-in is set or the work does not start.
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