working alone

  • if you can avoid working alone, do so.
  • if you must work alone, obtain your supervisor's permission and follow your departmental policy.
  • during normal business hours, if you must work alone in a remote or isolated area, ensure that your supervisor knows where you are. establish a "check-in schedule": you will check-in and someone will follow-up at regular intervals.
  • outside normal business hours, always check in with security first, and establish a "check-in schedule".
  • outside normal business hours, avoid working alone if you are handling hazardous chemicals or operating hazardous equipment.

resources

security services: just a phone call away!

  • non-emergency assistance, 8569
  • safe walk, 8569
  • keep in touch k.i.t., 8569
  • non-emergency reporting, after hours incidents/accidents/on-campus hazards 8569
  • emergency assistance 8-911

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