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OSHA Raises Workplace Safety Penalties

January 22, 2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has raised its civil penalties for 2020 by approximately 1.8 percent.

OSHA Reveals Top 10 Violations for 2019

September 19, 2019

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The National Safety Council and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2019.

OSHA Reports Increase in Fatal Occupational Injuries

December 20, 2017

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of 2016 Fatal Occupational Injuries reports there were 5,190 workplace fatalities in 2016, a seven percent increase from 2015.

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OSHA Contemplates Workplace Violence Standard for Healthcare, Social Assistance Workers

December 15, 2016

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a Request for Information (RFI) as to whether a standard should be developed to address workplace violence in the healthcare and social assistance sectors.

OSHA Considers Federal Healthcare Workplace Violence Standard

December 11, 2016

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering a federal standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare.

Nurses’ Union Asks OSHA for Violence Standard

August 22, 2016

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should put in place a workplace violence prevention standard, National Nurses United (NNU) said in a petition.

OSHA Issues Tools to Help Prevent Workplace Violence in Healthcare

December 2, 2015

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a new webpage to provide employers and workers with strategies and tools for preventing workplace violence in healthcare.

Cal-OSHA Proposes Regulations to Prevent Workplace Violence

November 7, 2015

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The California Department of Occupational Safety and Health has proposed new regulations that aim to prevent workplace violence in the healthcare industry.

OSHA to Increase Enforcement at Hospitals, Nursing Homes over Work-Related Injuries

June 28, 2015

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The U.S. Department of Labor's workplace safety division is increasing its enforcement efforts in hospitals and nursing homes.

Report Highlights Deaths on the Job

April 30, 2015

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According to a new report from the AFL-CIO, in 2013, 4,585 workers were killed on the job in the United States.

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Locations that were once considered safe havens such as schools, places of worship and healthcare institutions are no longer immune to acts of violence, and that includes healthcare, such as hospitals, emergency rooms, and facilities that provide healthcare outside of a hospital environment.

Passive vs. Active Video Surveillance at Yale University

This webinar will cover the design phase of the Yale Police Department’s existing radar layout at the Yale Bowl and the security challenges it has presented. It will also discuss the need to keep the historical nature of the Yale Bowl building in mind while designing a new surveillance system. In addition, the webinar will cover how the Yale public safety team is using the new surveillance system to identify a suspect to decide, in real time, whether or not to dispatch additional resources.

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