For most members of the public, it is easy to imagine hospitals and other healthcare facilities as safe havens from sudden injury or violence, but for the workers who have chosen to dedicate themselves to careers in medicine, experience (and the numbers) tells a different story. NHS workers ...
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Lone Workers,
Hospitals
Every school takes sensible measures to prevent their students from coming to harm, particularly from violence inflicted by other pupils or intruders onto the premises, which can take the form of a wide number of scenarios. Perhaps the most dreaded of these events is the school shooting. Although ...
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Schools
With the outbreak of Coronavirus, we’ve had many customers asking about home working over the last week and how this can be set up on their current telephone solution. So, we thought we would outline some tips (including their pros and cons) just in case you need to consider home working in the ...
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Telecoms
Many industrial facilities and work sites extend across wide areas, necessitating employees to often be working outside or travelling between different buildings in order to access equipment. Coupled with increased levels of automation, this can make for a sparsely populated workplace where long ...
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Lone Workers
One of the primary concerns of any employer is that their staff should be both competent at their job and able to deal with emergencies as they arise, reducing the risk of damage to company property or even an employee being injured. This is especially true of lone workers, who are entrusted with a ...
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Lone Workers
A panic alarm is a means for workers to notify their colleagues of an emergency in an almost instant fashion. Typically, these are found in highly hazardous workspaces such as chemical plants or manufacturing businesses where seconds can mean the difference between life and death. However, against ...
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Schools
From weekly household collections to recycling plants, the waste and recycling sector plays an important role in UK society. But given the physical labour, transport vehicles and heavy machinery involved, it is an industry that presents significant risks to workers involved....
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Lone Workers,
Critical Alarm Management,
Man-Down
