Airport traffic enforcement employees at the Palm Springs (CA) International Airport are concerned because they haven’t received training in handling emergencies or disasters.
Take, for example, workplace violence. A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area of Fort Lauderdale International Airport, leaving five people dead.
Wearing body armor could save the lives of law enforcement officers yet most opt not to wear it, according to new research published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH).
Workers in California’s hospitals and doctors’ offices may be less likely to get hit, kicked, bitten or grabbed under new workplace standards adopted by a state workplace safety board Thursday.
NSC President & CEO Debbie Hersman and football legend Terry Bradshaw will kick off the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo in Anaheim, California. Bradshaw, co-host of Fox NFL Sunday and Hersman, President & CEO of the National Safety Council, will speak during the opening session on Monday, Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Facility for troubled youth fails to protect employees from violence
September 17, 2016
In the last several months, workers at a Reading, Pa. facility for children and youth in crisis were the victims of at least ten violent assaults, federal workplace safety and health inspectors have found.
In the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001, the recent mass shooting at Pulse nightclub highlighted important concerns surrounding terrorism.
The fact that the shooter specifically targeted a gay nightclub during Latino night adds LGBT and diversity issues into the ever-complicated issue—and leaves many organizations wondering how, if at all, they should respond.
The sexual assault of a home health care worker has resulted in a willful citation against one of the nation's leading providers of pediatric home health and therapy services for medically frail and chronically ill children, after it failed to protect its employees properly from the dangers of workplace violence.
The “S” in NIOSH could stand for science, super, or spectacular but as we all know (and maybe sometimes forget) it stands for safety. Safety is a critical part of the NIOSH mission: safety and health at work for all people through research and prevention.
Healthcare workers make it their job to help others, yet face a significant risk of workplace violence ranging from intimidation to physical attacks. In fact, compared with workers in all other industries combined, healthcare workers are nearly 5 times more likely to encounter workplace violence.