Safety in the workplace is essential for both employees and employers alike. Our solutions can keep employees safe, protect industrial equipment, and help employers fulfil their duty of care.
Enable your staff to feel more secure thanks to the ability to quickly raise and respond to personal alarms, helping them at the time of potentially damaging incidents and their costly consequences. Ascom Staff Safety as a Service offers a flexible, scalable, and easy-to-deploy cloud-based solution, tailored to meet both your current and future needs.
In the EU alone, there were a concerning 2.7 million work-related accidents in 2020, with 3,355 deaths (Source: Eurostat). Beyond the tragic human cost, these accidents lead to further consequences like long absences for illness and injury, cover through extra personnel or having to recruit and train new staff, and the time and money lost through downtime or disruption of operations.
Whether it’s a prison guard facing a dangerous inmate, a lone technician overcome by toxic fumes, a store worker threatened by a customer or a security guard not checking in during their rounds, each of them needs to know that their safety is taken seriously, and that help is never far away.
“Workplace safety isn’t just a legal responsibility; it’s a moral commitment” That is the heartfelt opinion of Lloyd Spindler, Global Segment Manager at Ascom, the global communications and workflow solutions provider. “It's crucial for the well-being of employees, visitors, and the reputation of any organization.” Statistics related to workplace safety are nothing short of startling.
Every second counts. When it comes to workplace safety, there are no compromises. One alarm, one measure or one check can be the difference between life and death.
The facts don’t paint a pretty picture. The world of the workplace is full of alarming statistics and startling realities, organizations are facing new challenges every day.
There’s a growing and worrying trend in the workplace. A recent study found that 23% of people have experienced some kind of workplace violence or harassment.