OR OSHA Publish Guide To Prevent Aggression Where You Work
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Portland, OR (CompNewsNetwork) - Between 2004 and 2008, assaults and other violent acts injured 1,627 Oregon workers where they work. (That’s about 325 incidents each year in which workers are unable to do their jobs when they become victims of workplace violence.)
Many people think of workplace violence as “employee violence” but most employees aren’t violent. In Oregon, victims of workplace violence tend to be nurses and nursing aides, police officers, guards, and teachers. The offenders? Health care and residential care patients, criminal suspects, shoplifters, prison inmates, and students. And the workplaces? State hospitals, private health care and social services, public schools, protective services, and correctional facilities.
You may never encounter aggressive or violent people where you work but you should think seriously about the risk that something could happen. If you find yourself thinking, “It can’t happen here,” you should reconsider. Even one violent incident is expensive; costs may include medical care, liability, legal fees, and lost business and productivity. In 2008, the temporary disability and medical costs for claims from Oregon workers injured by workplace violence averaged more than $13,000 per worker.
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