Lone Working – Health and Safety Executive (HSE) resources. The HSE (responsible for enforcing workplace safety regulations in the UK) researched a large number of case studies on lone working and personal safety – you can find it here: http://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/loneworkcase.htm. One of their key findings were that training of staff is an extremely successful measure in reducing risk to staff. At http://www.personalsafetylearning.com we provide training in a wide range of Lone Working topics, and will be happy to assist you. See the link to http://www.personalsafetylearning.com/blog/elearning/ for more information.
The roles researched by the HSE include:
- Sales, service engineers, field representatives
- Estate agents and insurance staff
- Electrical engineers
- Environment Inspectors
- Bus driver
- Personnel consultants
- Educational psychologists
- Employees serving court papers
- Community midwives
- Police officers
- Community mental health staff
- Council housing services staff
- Customer service officers
- Taxi driver
- Shop workers
- Social workers / personal care assistants
- Window cleaners
- Claims inspectors and financial advisors
