Sector Benefits
Violence at work is defined by the HSE as "any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work". Physical assaults and verbal abuse are the fastest growing health and safety concern in the workplace with verbal abuse often being the precursor to violence. In the year 2004/2005 there were approximately 650,000 incidents of violence at work in then UK*. The risk is greatest for the ever increasing number of people that work alone.
Welcome to SoloProtect™, the market leading lone worker protection solution, designed to exactly meet your needs in managing the security of your lone working staff. It has been developed to provide you and your staff with a simple to use, affordable, fully managed solution. SoloProtect brings together best-in-class products, services and principles to ensure the investment in the protection of your staff is maximised.
SoloProtect has been established to enable employers to address their duty of care, in an environment where increasing regulation, litigation, insurance costs and pressure from employee bodies reflects the growing risks to lone workers in the workplace.
The risks relevant to a number of lone working sectors are outlined in the following pages, together with the benefits that SoloProtect will deliver and key resources that will help in putting together a business case for the implementation of a lone worker protection solution.
- Bus/tram operators
- Healthcare sector
- Local government
- Retail sector
- Train operating companies
- Transport & logistics
- Utility providers
If you would like to talk to SoloProtect about the benefits available to workers in your industry sector then please call us on 01909 550387 or email us at info@soloprotect.com. We have a wealth of experience in working with clients in all industry sectors and are ready to assist you.
* Source: Home Office, British Crime Survey, 2004/2005
