Two cases before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals could place limits on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) ability to cite employers for failing to prevent workplace violence ...

Ambulance workers are increasingly being verbally abused and physically attacked. Two paramedicine researchers explain how we ...

California’s SB553, the nation’s first comprehensive and multi-industry workplace violence prevention law, has been in effect for almost a year. Many other states are following suit with their own ...

The rate of workplace assaults per 10,000 FTE increased by 62%, according to study from National Council on Compensation ...

Recent workplace violence incidents in Illinois and a major hospital chain’s inclusion on a national list of safety offenders are intensifying demands for stronger prevention measures. Union leaders, ...

ResCare Ohio Inc. has been cited for exposing employees to workplace violence at the company’s Fairfield residential care facility, which operates as Camelot Lake. The Occupational Safety and Health ...

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office has prosecuted 125 hospital workplace violence cases since July 2023 — work that recently earned the office Scripps Health’s highest honor for ...

Several states have passed hospital workplace violence bills in recent weeks, adding to the growing list of states working to enhance healthcare employee safety. Most recently, on May 19, Washington ...

Stephanie Woods’ scariest moment as a nurse came when she was thrown against a wall by a patient who was more than twice her size. Woods, who is now the dean of the college of nursing at Texas Woman’s ...

Instances of workplace violence, like verbal and physical threats or assaults, aren't new phenomena. However, the environment we're operating in today feels markedly different. High-profile incidents ...