"They are on their own and out of sight. Many of our sales staff are female and the risks are obvious"

 

 

Lone Worker Articles

Here are a selection of articles in the media about lone workers.

Corporate Manslaughter Act

Directors urged to review health and safety

Alarm bells for companies ’unaware’ of Corporate Manslaughter Act

Companies concern over Corporate Manslaughter Act

 

Retail

Assistant Manager murdered

Armed raid at busy petrol station

Rise in violence against shop staff

Armed robbery on lone shop worker

Warning issued over robbery gang

Firms reward over knife robbery

Axe wielding men rob restaurant

 

NHS

Lone nurses at risk of attack

Attacks lead to hospital review

Nurses call for more protection

Union racism hotline for NHS staff

RCN calls for protection for lone workers

Remedy needed for GP attacks

Doctors ’not reporting assaults’

Mental health nurses face attacks

Ambulance driver is attacked and robbed

 

Debt Collection

Life term for grandmother killer

 

Parking

Car clampers get ex-Gurkha help

Man fined for abusing parking attendant

Traffic wardens to act on abuse

 

Social Care

Woman carer dies after stabbing

Man detained over stabbing death

Care worker dies in stab attack

 

Teaching

City reveals teacher attack toll

Teacher arrested over rape claim

Teachers attacked in city schools

Heads ’ignore bullied teachers’

Armed robbers raid primary school

 

Haulage

Road rage victim stabbed in head

Mail driver tied up by armed men

 

Other

Train company in pay docking row

Gamekeeper death trustees fined

Peg bonuses to worker safety and green success, firms urged

Fire crew attacks ’on the rise’

Widow murdered while walking home

Takeaway delivery driver attacked

Pub landlady is attacked by gang

Train guard threatened with gun