Working shifts can affect a worker’s health and safety. Shift work can affect performance and attentiveness, which may increase the risk of accidents and injuries. Shift workers may have irregular patterns of eating, sleeping, working and socialising that may also lead to health problems.
Advice on reducing the risks of pain in the hands and arms caused by using hand-held tools.
People are often required to work alone in ports, either in a fixed location working separately from others or when a mobile worker is working away from their fixed base.
There are no absolute restrictions on someone working on their own. You must carry out a risk assessment to determine whether lone working is appropriate and, if so, the right level of
supervision for the task, location and people involved.
