workplace violence Articles
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Workplace Violence Research
In the 1980’s a series of shootings at post offices drew public attention towards the issue of workplace violence. While mass shootings receive a lot of media attention, they actually account for a small number of workplace violence events. NIOSH has been studying workplace violence since the 1980s. In 1993, NIOSH released the document Preventing Homicide in the Workplace. This was the ...
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OSHwiki article in the spotlight – health and safety issues in the waterborne sector
Working at sea is one of the most physically demanding and dangerous work environments. This is exacerbated by the fact that ships can be both workplace and homes, meaning seafarers are exposed to hazards at work as well as in their living environment. A new OSHwiki article on the subject looks into the most common problems in the sector including the safety of seafarers, boatmen and ...
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Wal-Mart agrees to upgrade safety policies at 2,900 stores to settle OSHA charges
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to improve worker safety and health conditions in nearly 2,900 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, resolving two Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement actions over alleged violations at a store in New York state, the agency announced Aug. 7. The corporate-wide settlement includes provisions for Wal-Mart to improve safety and health policies and ...
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Keeping the Ladies Safe
In one of the worst work-related disasters in United States’ history, a fire accident in New York City which involved the Triangle Shirtwaist Company killed 146 out of 500 employees in 1911. The clothing factory workers were mainly young, female immigrants who worked long hours for low wages. These women died needlessly because the employer locked the doors to all the stairway ...
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Why Workplace Fairness is Critical to Building Safety Culture
Many workplace leaders underline the importance of having a “safety culture”, but beyond the statements, policies and procedures, what are the key elements that make a workplace culture truly safe? A prerequisite to creating a safety culture is to establish a culture of fairness characterized by respect and dignity for each workplace participant. This is because a culture of safety ...
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Calculating the cost of work-related stress and psychosocial risks
1. Introduction Work-related psychosocial risks and stress, together with their associated negative health and business outcomes affect a remarkable number of European workplaces (EU-OSHA, 2014a, 2014b). Significant changes affecting workplaces over the last several decades and resulting in new occupational safety and health (OSH) challenges include global socio-political developments such as ...
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10 Reasons why you should continuously monitor low temperature and liquid chemical sterilants for worker safety
1. Sterilant chemicals are highly toxic Low temperature and liquid chemical sterilants are designed to kill all microorganisms including resistant spores and if they were not toxic, they would not be effective in sufficiently high concentration to destroy all microbial life including the chemically resistant sporicidal forms of certain bacteria. There are two main classes of sterilant chemical, ...
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