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a 24/7 contact and emergency response route for equipment theft should be established and known to
all staff.
7.5. Client and Contractor Education
Where equipment is hired, clients and their operators should also be briefed on their responsibilities:
completing their own risk assessment; ensuring machines are marked, registered, and immobilised when
unattended; removing keys; securing equipment together or to road furniture; and acting quickly in the
event of a theft by reporting to the police, obtaining a crime reference number, and alerting the 24-hour
monitoring provider. Clients should also understand the financial and programme impact of a theft, which
typically falls on them as much as on the hire company.