@article{ref1,
title="OSHA workplace violence enforcement",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2022",
author="Arbury, Sheila and Collins, Natasha R. and Magtahas, Janette and Holmes, Mikki and Hodgson, Michael J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine violence inspections at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. <br><br>METHODS: The authors examined all inspections that involved violence against workers begun by January 1, 2019. They conducted semi-structured interviews with compliance officers who had conducted inspections on a sample of facilities that received general duty clause citations (GDC) citations (n = 22) or hazard alert letters (n- = 22). <br><br>RESULTS: By January 1, 2019, OSHA initiated 726 &quot;violence&quot; inspections, with 502 (69.1%) in healthcare. In healthcare, 45 (11.1%) resulted in General Duty Clause (GDC) citations and 241 (67.7%) in Hazard Alert Letters (HALs). GDC facilities received statistically significantly lower scores in 5 of 6 domains examined through semi-structured interviews than HAL facilities. Both groups of facilities had poorly designed recordkeeping systems. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Health care facilities continue to generate worker complaints with poorly designed violence prevention programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000002482",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002482"
}