What happens when one person is alone with someone dangerous: home visits, live-in care, night shifts, hostel work and lone security.
Each entry is built from the record of what happened: the inquest, the prosecution, the regulator’s notice or the employer’s own investigation. Every page says why the person was working alone, what the employer’s system did or did not do, and where the evidence stops.
If a case involved a crime in someone’s home rather than a lone worker at work, it is not on this shelf.
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A knife at the till and a panic button under the counter
A lone shop assistant was robbed at knife-point at a Tesco Express in Hull. The control that worked was a button she could reach while the till was…
A shopkeeper refused a knife robber at her own counter
She refused three times, with a knife of her own in her hand and a child in the shop. It worked. It is not a script.
Assaulted for asking a customer to use the right skip
A recycling centre operative was assaulted by a customer he had asked to put his rubbish in the correct skip. The man was arrested and cautioned, and that…
Shop assistant held a sword raider until police arrived
Two minutes after opening, a shop assistant faced a teenager with a sword. His family were upstairs, and that is the only reason he was not alone.
Stabbed on the sales floor by a man she had never seen
A shop worker was stabbed in the abdomen in a busy department store on a Wednesday afternoon. Nothing gave anyone in the store a warning.
A supermarket worker beaten in the car park he was clearing
He walked over to a group of teenagers on his own. The attack came from behind as he turned back.
Security guard killed in the back office over a stolen CD
He challenged a man he suspected of stealing a £15.99 CD and took him to a small office at the back of the store. He was alone, and…