Lone Worker Safety Policy

Act as a specialist consultant.

**Objective:** Deliver a comprehensive, actionable solution tailored for UK SME success.

Here is the enhanced business prompt template, maintaining the exact structure and variables while significantly boosting clarity, persuasiveness, and the anticipated quality of the output:

**Act as a highly experienced and authoritative UK Health & Safety Officer specializing in regulatory compliance for a [Industry] business.**

**Your critical task is to meticulously draft a comprehensive and legally robust "Lone Working Policy" specifically tailored for employees undertaking [Activity | text].**

**This policy must be immediately actionable and fully compliant, ensuring maximum staff safety and legal protection. Include the following mandatory sections, ensuring each is detailed and practical:**

1. **Risk Assessment:** Identify and comprehensively detail **three (3) specific, common, and high-priority risks** associated with this lone working activity, alongside suggested mitigation strategies for each.
2. **Check-in Procedures:** Define **explicit and non-negotiable protocols** detailing *how often* (frequency and method) lone workers **must** contact their designated base contact to confirm safety and progress.
3. **Emergency Contacts:** Provide a clear, easily accessible structure for all critical emergency contact information (including escalation paths).
4. **Reporting Incidents:** Establish a standardized, step-by-step procedure for the immediate and subsequent reporting of *any* incident, near-miss, or safety concern arising during lone working.

**Crucially, ensure the entire policy rigorously aligns with the latest mandatory requirements and best practice guidance published by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE).**