WASHINGTON — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive ...

Over the last two decades, workplace violence has been in the top five causes of fatalities in the workplace and over 750,000 incidents and injuries affecting employees. Few organizations have formal ...

The nation’s nursing homes can expect to spend a lot more — in excess of $177 million, to be more precise — on assessment and compliance costs under a possible new federal program designed to prevent ...

Everyday acts of workplace violence affect more than a million Americans each year. A federal study published last year found an annual average of 1.3 million nonfatal workplace violence incidents ...

Workplace violence can appear in a number of different—and harmful—ways. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), workplace violence is defined as “any act or threat of ...

Workplace violence prevention in health care has become one of the most urgent priorities for hospitals and health care ...