by Alice Bowerman | Monday, 12, December, 2022 | Featured, Insights, Lone Working, News
The footage from Christmas Eve 2021 shows the type of risks Father Christmas faces when doing the rounds, and how Pick Protection’s PG Smart App provides support. Setting a Time at Risk for 24 hours, Father Christmas sets off on a gruelling delivery shift that takes...
by Alice Bowerman | Friday, 2, December, 2022 | Lone Working
There are roles across a wide variety of sectors that require people to work alone. The hazards may be no different to those who are working with others, but working in isolation brings with it its own unique risks, or exacerbates others. The legislation around safe...
by Alice Bowerman | Wednesday, 2, November, 2022 | Health, Lone Working, Tips
Carpets or vinyl, desks or kitchen worktops – your businesses’ slips, trips, and falls opportunities are not necessarily going to be the same as the next, even if you do work in the same sector. Either way, the stats are clear: slips trips and falls account for...
by Alice Bowerman | Monday, 17, October, 2022 | Featured, Lone Working
What is a lone worker? According to the Health & Safety Executive, the meaning of lone worker is simply an employee who “performs tasks or works in isolation from other workers without close or direct supervision”. With around 8 million lone workers in the UK and...
by Claire Lough | Thursday, 28, October, 2021 | Lone Working
Every organisation is different. Each has its own nuances and special requirements and this is true for every division or department too. It’s unlikely given the variation across different areas of an organisation that every employee risk profile will be the same, as...
by Pick Protection | Wednesday, 22, September, 2021 | Insights, Lone Working, News
Lone working in the UK has increased significantly over the last decade. But while the number of lone workers has increased over the years, there has been a lack of formal research into the size and shape of lone working in the UK to this point. In Summer 2021 Pick...
