Bonus Episode 39

DESCRIPTION: 

Conflicts in the workplace are not unusual. Co-workers don’t always see eye to eye, especially when their occupation is the only thing they have in common. On rare occasions, minor disputes can escalate to violent assaults. According to the Health & Safety Executive and the Office for National Statistics, almost 300,000 assaults were committed in the workplace between 2019 and 2020. While the majority of those attacks were committed by customers or strangers, 3% were committed by colleagues… 

*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** 

This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton

Narration, audio editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC: 

Beat the System by Cody Martin 

Bamburgh by Stephen Keech 

Mighty Hand by Stephen Keech 

Apex Program by Cody Martin 

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REFERENCES: 

HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE

https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/work-related-violence-report.pdf

NEWSBANK

Times, The (London, England), December 8, 1989

MailOnline (London, England), July 6, 2022

MailOnline (London, England), February 7, 2023

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Chester Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (England), December 30, 2019

Chester Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (England), February 11, 2020

WalesOnline (Wales), November 3, 2020

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WalesOnline (Wales), March 22, 2021

WalesOnline (Wales), October 18, 2021

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WalesOnline (Wales), October 19, 2021

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WalesOnline (Wales), October 21, 2021

South Wales Evening Post (Swansea, Wales), October 22, 2021

WalesOnline (Wales), December 16, 2021

South Wales Evening Post (Swansea, Wales), December 18, 2021

WalesOnline (Wales), January 1, 2022

DIGITAL ARTICLES

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/solicitor-stabbed-colleague-kitchen-knife-26171281

http://www.kevinlane.co.uk/about-us/

https://web.archive.org/web/20201027034429/http://www.kevinlane.co.uk/about-us/ 

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/04/06/axe-attack-worker-is-sent-to-prison/

https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f/uploads/sites/34/2022/11/F4131-20-Death-of-Mr-Hung-Hoang-in-hospital-Berwyn-23-01-2020-NC-51-60-58.pdf

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11454563/Thug-jailed-pouring-boiling-oil-colleague-takeaway-dies-tooth-extraction.html

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/13950386.belvedere-barber-jailed-for-40-months-after-slashing-colleague-with-cut-throat-razor/

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/uplands-pizza-stabbed-neck-knife-21905781