Serious workplace violent incidents are four times more likely to occur in healthcare environments than in private industry. In fact, healthcare accounts for nearly as many serious violent injuries as ...

Workplace violence continues to be a growing national concern and one of the leading causes of occupational fatalities. In 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 5,283 workplace ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Imagine going to work and knowing there's a chance you'll be punched, bitten, spit on, and verbally harassed. That's the daily reality for many of our healthcare workers manning our ...

Workplace violence in the US is on the rise this year, a troubling new study found. One in three employees surveyed said they’d witnessed physical altercations in the workplace in the past five years ...

Instances of workplace violence, like verbal and physical threats or assaults, aren't new phenomena. However, the environment we're operating in today feels markedly different. High-profile incidents ...

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The father of a woman killed by a former colleague who stalked her has called for employers to do more to ensure workplace safety after a survey suggested almost a third of workers experienced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rick Lucas sees his fair share of violence on the job. The 41-year-old, who works as a nurse at the Ohio State University Wexner ...

Canopy, the category leader in connected safety platforms for U.S. health systems, today released its first edition of The Canopy Safety Report, an in-depth study revealing that repeated safety ...

Another state has decided to regulate workplace violence in nursing homes and other healthcare facilities amid a delay in the development of federal rules. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) earlier this ...

Most of us walk into work each morning without giving safety a second thought. We grab a coffee, open a laptop, maybe argue ...

New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act is now in effect; employers with at least 10 retail employees in New York State must adopt a retail workplace violence prevention policy and provide interactive ...