Newfoundland and Labrador has specific regulations for working alone. By law, working alone or in isolation means working in circumstances where it is complex or even impossible to provide assistance to the worker.
Isolated work is allowed in Newfoundland and Labrador, but employers are subject to specific obligations. They must first carry out a risk assessment when a worker is exposed to work alone or alone.
Section 45 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act allows a worker to refuse to do work if he has reason to believe it is dangerous to his health, safety or that of another person.
The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations require the employer to put in place a written procedure to ensure the well-being of the lone worker, in which the attendance statement must be included. The employer must therefore, if his employees are in an isolated work situation, equip them with a communication device and set up an emergency intervention procedure. The NEOVIGIE solution makes it possible to monitor attendance automatically and regularly in order to allow companies to have a means of monitoring employees in an isolated environment.
