WASHINGTON — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive ...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continues to focus on preventing workplace violence in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare settings, ...
On October 25, 2021, a customer named Jacob Bergquist, with a history of violating the Boise Towne Square Mall’s firearms ban, opened fire at the mall. The shooting in the Idaho mall led to the deaths ...
Workers are reporting more cases of workplace violence, and they expect their employers to take prevention measures far more ...
The directive, Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence, also establishes procedures for conducting inspections in industries such as late-night retail ...
Empathy-driven strategies, scenario-based training, and advanced technologies like AI can prevent and de-escalate workplace ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cal/OSHA is drafting regulations to address workplace violence in all industries across the state. According to Cal/OSHA officials, violence in the workplace is the second leading ...
Question: I heard my business needs to establish a workplace violence prevention plan by July 1. Is this a new requirement, and are there any guides or templates to help me get started? Answer: Yes, ...
Question: My company prepared a written workplace violence prevention plan to comply with the new law on workplace violence. Is our written plan all we need to comply with the new law? Answer: To ...
When I think about a safe workplace, I think first about systems to protect people from accidents. I think about PPE, lock-out tag-out systems, fall-protection harnesses, railings, guards, and all the ...
A 2022 U.S. government study found an annual average of 1.3 million nonfatal workplace violence incidents between 2015 and 2019. This is a rate of eight nonfatal violent crimes per 1,000 workers aged ...