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Openreach engineers trial panic alarms as incidents of abuse and assault soar

Exclusive: UK company reports 450 incidents in a year, with workers spat it, shaken off ladders and pushed down stairsFrom scissors being brandished as weapons to verbal abuse and being trapped during a home visit, the number of reported incidents of abuse and assault on telecoms engineers is on the rise.Openreach, the BT subsidiary that maintains the vast majority of the broadband network serving UK homes and businesses, recorded 450 reports of abuse and assault in the year to the end of March. Continue reading...

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