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How to Manage Lone Worker Safety

Last Updated on: December 6, 2023 by Ok Alone

The 2008 murder of realtor Lindsay Buziak while showing a property in Victoria, BC, Canada is a disturbing example of why you need to manage the safety of your lone workers. There are many sales industry professionals who may be at risk when working alone; realtors showing homes, car salespeople taking customers for a test drive, and all sorts of outside sales workers who travel to visit clients and prospects.

Sending your team out on sales calls without a lone worker safety device is just not acceptable anymore, not when there is an affordable safety solution like Ok Alone.

Does your team really need a lone worker safety system?

Last Updated on: March 8, 2023 by Ok Alone

Manufacturing industry and factory workers can be exposed to a wide range of dangerous situations and risks to their safety increase when they are working alone. Performing equipment maintenance, handling raw or in-process materials, and using heavy machinery are just some of the everyday tasks where a lone worker safety system could ensure that you and your co-workers go home safely at the end of a shift.

Working Alone Safety Tip for Realtors and Estate Agents

Last Updated on: December 6, 2023 by Ok Alone

You've worked hard to get that property listing and now you have a potential buyer coming to see it. Fantastic. As exciting as this is, it's worth remembering that following a few basic rules can go a long way to ensure your return home safely.

3 Safety Considerations for Land Surveyors Who Work Alone

Last Updated on: December 6, 2023 by Ok Alone

Every morning, we get up and go about our day assuming we'll come home safely tonight. Thankfully, that is almost always true. For land surveyors, there are 3 special safety concerns that you should pay close attention to.

Home Care Lone Workers Need Safety Solution to Work Alone

Last Updated on: March 8, 2023 by Ok Alone

A Guardian/Insight survey asked what are the key challenges facing individual care worker, and the key challenges facing their employers. The challenges faced by employees and employers are linked. Forced by councils to bid at the lowest cost, home care providers struggle to pay and train their staff sufficiently to overcome skills and staffing shortages.