By the Numbers – Working Alone

DID YOU KNOW?

There are 53 million lone workers in the United States, Canada, and Europe combined. To put that statistic into perspective, it represents about 15% of the overall workforce. In fact, the International Labor Organization estimates that 2.3 million work-related fatalities happen each year. Are you doing everything possible to protect the safety of your organization’s most valuable assets – your employees? Here are some stats that will make you want to take additional steps to protect your workers:

• 44% of workers say they face personal safety issues in their primary employment practices.
• OSHA states that 48% more assaults occur in the healthcare and social services industries more than any other.
• 62% of social workers have been subject to psychological aggression in the past year, with 86% experiencing this at some point in their careers.
• 15% of social workers have been physically assaulted by clients in the past year, with 30% having experienced this at some point in their career.
• Employee turnover rate is as high as 75% among home healthcare workers.
• 50% of retail workers that are killed are employed alone at late night establishments, such as liquor stores or gas stations.
• An HSE report found that of the workplace fatalities reported between 2012 and 2017, 22 percent were individuals working in the manufacturing industry.
• In 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported multiple Oil & Gas-related fatalities in the United States. In fact, the organization reports the Oil & Gas fatality rate is seven times greater than…