OUT-OF HOURS/LONE WORKING POLICY AND GUIDANCE Staff and students may be permitted to work alone or in isolation provided appropriate precautions have been taken and the risks are not unacceptable. Hazardous work activities associated with significant risks should not be undertaken in isolation except where there are appropriate measures in place to mitigate the risk. Categories of hazardous work activity with significant risks may include work with: dangerous machinery or equipment; high-voltage electrical systems; dangerous chemicals; pressure systems; sources of ionising and non-ionising radiations; cryogenic materials; hot substances or equipment; cutting tools or implements or other sharp objects. Certain categories of hazardous work shall not be undertaken by staff or students in isolation under any circumstances. These include: any work involving entry into a confined space or other area where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of exposure to asphyxiating or toxic gases or vapours or conditions resulting in oxygen deficiency; any work on fragile roofs or at high levels where measures to guard against falls are not provided;
OUT-OF HOURS/LONE WORKING POLICY AND GUIDANCE Staff and students may be permitted to work alone or in isolation provided appropriate precautions have been taken and the risks are not unacceptable. Hazardous work activities associated with significant risks should not be undertaken in isolation except where there are appropriate measures in place to mitigate the risk. Categories of hazardous work activity with significant risks may include work with: dangerous machinery or equipment; high-voltage electrical systems; dangerous chemicals; pressure systems; sources of ionising and non-ionising radiations; cryogenic materials; hot substances or equipment; cutting tools or implements or other sharp objects. Certain categories of hazardous work shall not be undertaken by staff or students in isolation under any circumstances. These include: any work involving entry into a confined space or other area where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of exposure to asphyxiating or toxic gases or vapours or conditions resulting in oxygen deficiency; any work on fragile roofs or at high levels where measures to guard against falls are not provided;
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