Lockton Health and Safety Manual

HSP 13 Third Party Sites and Foreign Travel  Associates may be required to visit a wide variety of third party  locations (in the UK and overseas) where they are exposed to  hazards very different from those normally encountered in Lockton  offices.  These might include:   Workplace transport – fork lift trucks, delivery vehicles,  reversing LGVs.   Height – fragile roofs, ladders or exposed drops (such as those  encountered on construction sites).   Violence and aggression – with risks elevated from lone  working and visiting certain types of location (such as dementia  care units).   Disease exposures – these depend upon the nature of activities  at the site being visited, but also the territory in which it is  located.  Lockton Associates will normally be accompanied on site visits by  clients, who are responsible for defining safety requirements and  ensuring Personal Protective Equipment needs are met.  Even so,  those Associates who are more likely to visit locations where  significant inherent risks exist, will be provided with awareness  training / material to help enable them to identify and respond to  hazardous site conditions.  Associates who routinely visit client locations where personal  protective equipment is required should ensure they have their own  set of the relevant equipment (for which they will be reimbursed by  Lockton).  In the event of visiting a location where required Personal

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