For many years, OSHA has stressed the need for enhanced workplace violence policies to protect health care and social service workers. The agency released guidelines for workplace violence prevention in the health care and social services industries in both 1996 and 2004, recognizing that caregivers are at an increased risk of unpredictable, violent behavior from the very people whom they provide care to. In spite of these efforts, violence in health care and social service workplaces continues to rise. In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported more than 23,000 serious ...
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