As Workplace Violence attacks in Healthcare are on the rise, a campaign with a tough image has just been started to show perpetrators that nurses know tolerating attacks is not in their Job description. The question is, will making attacks on healthcare professionals a felony,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
According to estimates from the U.S. Department of Justice, about: 50 workers a day are sexually assaulted or raped on the job. But OSHA doesn’t have any official standards for preventing workplace violence of any kind, sexual or not. (conversation between KQED and Jordan Barab, deputy assistant secretary...
According to estimates from the U.S. Department of Justice, about: Hospital management is scandalously complacent about an environment where their largely female staff are frequently hit and sexually harassed and sexually assaulted. Managers see this as just part of our jobs. Michael Hurley,OCHU (Ontario Council of Hospital...
Jackie Smith from VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLA could not quite believe what happened when his tractor hit the stump that overturned his heavy machine. The overturned tractor became a deathtrap for Jackie, pinning him from escaping. As Jackie was working alone, so he was isolated from the...
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