Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Addressing Risk Factors and Abating Hazards
b'In this podcast, members of Ogletree Deakins\\u2019 Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group discuss workplace violence, with a focus on healthcare settings. John Surma, Wayne Pinkstone, and Phillip Jones review the duty to provide a hazard-free workplace and guidance provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). They also address how workplace violence incidents may lead to a violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act\\u2019s General Duty Clause. Karen Tynan, chair of Ogletree\\u2019s West Coast OSHA practice, joins the conversation to discuss Cal/OSHA\\u2019s approach to the threat of workplace violence, the need to address environmental risk factors, and abatement of a hazardous condition after an incident.'