x Close
Safety & Security Blog
The latest in employee safety, duress alarms, and lone worker security.
A lone worker is someone who has jobs and assignments that require workers to be on their own for long periods of time. If a lone worker gets injured on the job is there anyone they can reach out to? If not, could you afford the costs associated with not properly protecting your workers safety and well-being? Probably not.
Share
While it's true that there is no law that prevents an employee from working alone, it's always important to understand as much about this type of situation as you can. From an employer's perspective, you are subject to certain rules and regulations that require you to create the safest possible environment for that employee at all times.
Share
Subscribe and download your free guide now!
A duress alarm system can work in a number of ways. The simplest setup is when the alarm is programmed to sound an alert when a worker pushes the button for assistance. However, in a lab setting, the worker can sometimes become incapacitated and unable to sound the alert. So, laboratories can also choose alarms that have a 'man down' feature, which sets off the alarm if the body of a lab worker becomes prostrate.
Share
As new policies and standards for lone workers begin to emerge it's important to get an idea of what rules you should be following before the new year. Some guidelines from the OSHA make it difficult to know the difference between what you should be doing and what you need to be doing.
Share
Facilities and campuses all over the world are looking for better ways to keep the people who work, learn, shop, and play on their grounds safe in this era of craziness. It seems as if the only thing that bumps one horrifying act from the news is when the next one happens. Often, that is a matter of days or hours, not the weeks and months and years that we used to go without hearing news of active shooters and other terrifying situations.
Share
For every 100,000 U.S. residents, 724 are in prison. This is the highest rate of incarceration in the entire world. While keeping these dangerous criminals off of the streets is essential for our national security, it is left to fewer than 500,000 people to see that more than two million prison and jail inmates are kept safe from each other and away from society.
Share
