Tag: lone worker safety

EHSDA Song of the Week: So Lonely

EHS Daily Advisor this week wrote about keeping lone workers safe. In a recent report, the National Safety Council estimates that there are 53 million lone workers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. With that in mind, the Song of the Week is “So Lonely,” a 1978 single from the Police. A few years before they became […]

Back to Basics: Lone Worker Safety

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how to protect lone workers. If you have workers working alone or in remote areas, you need to ensure that they’re safe on the job. Lone workers include people who don’t work […]

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Lone Worker Safety Products: What’s the Return on Investment (ROI)?

If you read the title of this article and thought to yourself, “The answer is right there—the ROI is worker safety!” you are correct—partially. The main incentive for purchasing lone worker safety products is, of course, to protect lone workers. However, there are other business factors at play.