Lone worker safety

Safety for surveyors.

Surveying takes one person to places specifically because nobody is there yet: vacant land, derelict buildings, sites mid-construction. The absence of other people is the working condition.

The risk

What surveyors are actually up against

Solo work on remote, vacant or partly built sites with uneven ground, unsecured structures and, sometimes, unauthorised occupants, often beyond easy reach of help.

  • A fall or trip on unstable ground with nobody within earshot
  • Encountering unauthorised occupants in a vacant or derelict building
  • A site visit in an area where mobile coverage drops without warning

After-hours work produced 22% of FY26 activations but 34% of confirmed emergencies, and site visits scheduled late in the day run into that window. See the data ›

Questions

Common questions

What should a surveyor carry when working alone?
Something that raises an alarm automatically after a fall, a check-in schedule someone actually monitors, and a written overdue procedure. On remote sites also carry a communication method that works without mobile coverage, because a device with no signal is not a control.
What if the site has no mobile coverage at all?
No Duress device works beyond cellular coverage, and we would rather say so. For genuinely off-grid sites use a satellite messenger or a satellite-integrated tool, and keep a documented overdue response with a short grace period.

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