An example of getting it wrong was the case of a lone South West Water worker drowned whilst unblocking a water filter, falling through a hole of a filtration tank and into 6.5 feet of water. Despite activating the company’s lone worker alarm system, he...
Physical assaults on NHS staff increased by nearly 10% last year, with nurses reporting that staffing pressures have contributed to the rise in incidents. New figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request reveal a worrying leap in attacks on health workers, with the biggest increase...
Keeping your employees safe because the law says so is one thing; being able to justify it based on employee productivity is another. Is it possible to do so? Lone workers, mobile workers or remote workers, whatever you call them, essentially perform a role which exposes...
Glasgow start-up Pick Protection nominated for Innovation of the Year in the Security field at this year's National Safety & Health Excellence Awards. With over 8 million lone workers in the UK, it is staggering to find that only 6% of these workers have a monitored...
Remote working is common in many sectors today from Financial Services to Housing Associations. More employees now work from home or offsite than ever before. According to data from the ONS (Office for National Statistics), the number of UK workers who have moved into remote-working...
Pick Protection are delighted to announce the addition of Ian Newbould to our team. With over 20 years’ experience in working within security, health, telematics, GPS and telecommunications industries Ian brings a wealth of lone worker safety experience to Pick Protection. Having managed the integration of...
Around 8 million people (equivalent to 22% of the working population) in the U.K are considered lone workers, defined as those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision. Unfortunately, these type of roles are often fraught with safety risks. Not only are lone workers...
A local authority was fined a six-figure sum after two social workers were attacked by a vulnerable child's mother - who had a history of violence. Social workers employed by Brent Council were struck over the head with a "metal object" during a visit to the home of...
A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still needs to be done to ensure the safety of agents and other lone property industry workers. Suzy Lamplugh, an agent in London, went missing during...
It’s often been a bit of a dilemma – is protecting Lone Workers a safety or a security responsibility? It should be a straightforward answer, so, what is the issue? In simplistic terms, health & safety is aimed at protecting the individual and by extension the...