Back to Search
Start Over
OSHA Workplace Violence Enforcement.
- Source :
-
Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine . Apr2022, Vol. 64 Issue 4, pe211-e216. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
-
Abstract
- Objective: To examine violence inspections at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Methods: The authors examined all inspections that involved violence against workers begun by January 1, 2019. They conducted semi-structured interviews with compliance officers who had conducted inspections on a sample of facilities that received General Duty Clause (GDC) citations (nā=ā22) or Hazard Alert Letters (HALs) (nā=ā22). Results: By January 1, 2019, OSHA initiated 726 "violence" inspections, with 502 (69.1%) in healthcare. In healthcare, 45 (11.1%) resulted in GDC citations and 241 (67.7%) in HALs. GDC facilities received statistically significantly lower scores in 5 of 6 domains examined through semi-structured interviews than HAL facilities. Both groups of facilities had poorly designed recordkeeping systems. Conclusions: Health care facilities continue to generate worker complaints with poorly designed violence prevention programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156498437
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002482