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Title: The bus, train or station - a violent workplace? Post by: grahame on November 04, 2018, 12:24:37 From The BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46045824)
Quote Where are the most violent workplaces People working in the NHS can face violence and threats - now the government is promising to tackle this problem. So are NHS staff the professional group most at risk of violence in their workplace? Until last year, national figures were produced on assaults on health staff - but the body responsible, NHS Protect was closed in April 2017. ... Teachers and transport workers, while they were nowhere near as at risk as health, police or prison staff, were also subjected to more violence than many other categories of profession, according to the HSE. It gave the example of bus drivers being subjected to robberies during which they have been threatened with "knives, air guns, even samurai swords". ... This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |