The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a website to address healthcare workplace safety and health challenges and plans to ramp up hospital inspections, according to an article on the Business Insurance websites.
The healthcare sector experienced the most days away from work of any private industry in 2014 and its workplace violence rate is more than three times greater than the rate for all private industries.
OSHA has directed field offices receiving notifications of a severe hospital injury to expand their inspections to other safety and health issues, and will do more hospital inspections in response to these reports.
The agency recently launched a Worker Safety in Hospitals website designed to provide resources for healthcare employers to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence program.
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