THE HOMICIDE REPORT


The Need for an Effective Lone Worker Policy: From a Safety, Security and Risk Management Perspective By Deborah Blake


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There is no single solution to ensuring the constant safety of lone workers. However, a comprehensive, robust and well-implemented policy is the strongest foundation upon which to build a workforce culture that is equipped with the right tools, skills and incentives to enable lone workers to take greater responsibility for their own safety.


It is virtually impossible to implement any processes in relation to lone workers without having an effective policy in place. The content of the policy does not have to be complicated, but it does need to be well structured and, critically, it should be available to everyone.


To read more click here Workplace Violence Against Emergency Nurses Remains High, According To New Report


The latest release of an ongoing survey of more than 7,000 emergency room nurses nationwide finds that rates of physical violence and verbal abuse against nurses did not decrease between May 2009 to January 2011. In the 12 months from January 2010 to January 2011, more than half (53.4 percent) of nurses reported experiencing verbal abuse and more than one in ten (12.9 percent) reported experiencing physical violence over a seven day period, compared with 54 percent reporting verbal abuse and 11 percent reporting only physical violence in the first year of the Emergency Department Violence Surveillance Study. The study is being conducted by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), which surveys emergency nurses at three-month intervals.


The full report is available online here


NJ Transit Tests 'Security Shields' To Prevent Attacks on Bus Drivers Four violent attacks on NJ Transit bus drivers in less than three months have prompted the agency to hasten existing efforts to safeguard drivers. The agency is testing a "security shield" that would surround the drivers — as in taxi cabs — and studying the experiences of transit agencies around the country, said agency spokesman John Durso Jr.


He said buses in Rochester, N.Y., use the shields."If our employees can’t feel safe out there, then our customers aren’t going to feel safe — so we’ve got to make sure that they’re safe," said NJ Transit executive director Jim Weinstein. "We’re looking at — and have been looking at for a while — ways of sort of doing forbus drivers what Plexiglas does for taxi drivers, that kind of thing. It’s a little bit of a challenge, because you don’t want to imprison the driver … But make no mistake.We take this stuff seriously."


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When Tragedy Strikes: Crisis Management For Critical Incidents and Post Traumatic StressDisorder By Bob VandePol, Dr. George Everly, Patrick S. Clarke,


When tragedy strikes, military contractors face the obvious human cost as well as resultant financial costs due to loss of productivity, employee attrition, litigation, increased workers’ compensation continued on page 14


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