Lone Worker Protection in Education for University Staff and Students

Within universities, it is not unusual to find people working on their own. People working by themselves without close or direct supervision, where they cannot be seen or heard by others.

University lone workers require a solution that ensures they have safety monitoring, automated check-ins and a help button in case of emergencies.

Lone Worker Protection for University Staff and Students dashboard

Who are University lone workers?

Bath University have created a list of those they consider to be lone workers:

  • People working alone in premises e.g. workshops, labs, kiosks, shops
  • People who work from home other than in low risk, office type work 
  • People working separately from others in isolation
  • People working outside normal hours
  • Maintenance or repair staff
  • Mobile workers working away from their fixed base
  • Workers involved in construction, plant installation, maintenance
  • Horticultural and forestry workers
  • Postal staff
  • Those carrying out home visits
  • Drivers

Ok Alone covers all of these needs and more:

Health and Safety working alone

Lone Worker Protection for Staff and Students
in American Universities

Learn about UCLA’s study that influenced policies and guidelines for American universities – now used to protect lone worker staff and students when working alone. Learn more

Best Practice for Protecting Lone Workers
in British Universities

Within British universities it is not unusual to find people working on their own. People working by themselves without close or direct supervision, where they cannot be seen or heard by others. Learn more

Ok Alone subscriptions are within the budget of even the most cost-conscious organisation. With no set-up fees or long term contracts, you can quickly be up and running for as little as $8/£7 per person per month.  Why not create your own personalised quote now?

Want a quote for Ok Alone? Please email us at sales@okalone.net and we will send you a quote for our lone worker solution.

What Customers think of our Lone Worker App

We have some fantastic reviews of our app on both Google Play and the App Store, here is a selection of our favourites:

5/5

Peace of Mind

When you have staff working off site or unsupervised this is a great app to help with Health and Safety. You can’t anticipate what may happen during the course of one’s day. This app provides a great option in mitigating a level of risk in combination with other processes and procedures. Nothing is more important than going home safe at the end of the day.
by LisaE2020 – 13 Oct 2020

5/5

Very helpful

Used the app while working alone during the pandemic installing new lights in our church. Having an app like this while working on 15 ft high scaffolding was very helpful in convincing people that I could do this project alone. Excellent support with all my questions and requests answered immediately.
by Yxd2015 – 19 May  2020

5/5

Highly recommend this service

Been using this for a while now. Only had 1 problem (was my end) but customer service was brilliant at trying to figure out the issue. Highly recommend this service for peace of mind if you are a lone worker.
by Robert Marrin – 3 May 2020

5/5

Simple to get started

Using Ok Alone for the first time and its surprisingly quick and simple to get started. The new Man Down feature works well.
by Owen Wonorg – 21 September 2019