OSHA updates workplace violence guidelines

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated its 1995 and 2004 editions of Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers, according to an article on the Long-term Living website


The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated its 1995 and 2004 editions of Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers, according to an article on the Long-term Living website. The revised guidelines include new research into the causes of workplace violence, risk factor and offers preventive measures to curbing assaults, the article said. 

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April 13, 2015


Topic Area: Safety


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