The mobile personal safety model is built on 5 key personal safety principles:The accompanying graphic explains how the 5 principles interact in any given situation of working or experience of threat or violence.Each principle is represented by a “segment” in the model. So what does this mean in practice?What changes as you move...
Article date:Feb 20th 2017: Article By/Published by:Boston Globe On the 20th Of February 2017 Boston Globe published an open letter from: Donna Kelly Williams (President of Massacheusetts Nurses Association:) entitledHealth care employers must do more to protect staff from workplace violenceDonna Kelly Williams wrote to the Boston globe in response to a situation where a psychiatric hospital...
Portable panic buttons are becoming more and more popular as the number of lone workers increases in the United States. Unfortunately, the influx of lone workers—many of whom are healthcare workers or social workers—coincides with a rise in workplace violence.In response, more employers are beginning to wonder what their responsibilities...
Executive Summary Problem – Lone workers absorb 72.8% of non-fatal violence injuries in healthcare, yet most compliance programs stop at paperwork. Risk – OSHA fines, new state laws and Joint Commission violence standards now put C-suite reputations on the line. Cost – Violence already costs employers roughly $1 billion per week in compensation...
The Ontario Government has announced steps to counter the growing problems of workplace violence in healthcare in the province. In an article in the Toronto Star, Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said in a statement, Workplace violence is a serious hazard in the health care sector and that’s simply not acceptable,” and...
Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Common Workplace Hazards in Construction * Falls from Heights* Trenching and Excavation Hazards* Electrical Hazards* Struck-by Hazards (Falling Objects, Vehicles)* Confined Space Entry* Hazardous Materials Exposure 3. Workplace Violence Categories * Violence by a Stranger* Violence by Customers/Clients* Violence by a Co-worker* Violence by Co-worker with Personal Relationship* Recognizing...
Hospital administrations and the judicial system do little to prevent assaults against nurses and other caregivers by patients In a harrowing video that surfaced in 2014, a 68-year-old hospital patient attacks a group of nurses with a pipe pulled from his bed. They flee through a nearby door in a streak...
USPS mail carriers new Panic button system – GuardianMPS opinion and thoughts on the scheme Synopsis:The USPS has recently rolled out new panic button capabilities for its 230,000 postal workers who work in the field making deliveries. The need for such capabilities was elevated in 2014 after a brutal attack of...
A falling Lois Lane once said to Superman, “You’ve got me, but who’s got you?” In a similar vein, Home healthcare workers make such a difference through caring for and looking out for their patients, but who cares about THEIR personal safety? How can they be protected from the many risks of harm they...
When we think of healthcare worker safety and worker protection we will often zero-in on violent or unstable patients or relatives, but what about over protective, badly trained or simply dangerous dogs! In a press release yesterday from WFSB in CT, it was announced that Plainfield police have arrested two individuals...
