May 20, 2013 by Fred Hosier
If an employee witnesses a horrific event at work, such as multiple people being shot to death, should workers’ compensation insurance cover treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
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Tags: post traumatic stress disorder, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, shot to death, Workers' comp
April 5, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Update: After Nevada OSHA said he posed a possible workplace safety hazard, the state Assembly has voted to oust Rep. Steven Brooks from his elected office.
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Tags: Nevada OSHA, unstable employee, workplace hazard, workplace violence
February 5, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Do employees at your workplace know what to do if someone started shooting inside your building?
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Tags: active shooter, Department of Homeland Security, exit routes
January 7, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A report commissioned by OSHA says a facility that suffered a mass shooting in 2012 didn’t put enough emphasis on protecting its employees from attacks.
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Tags: mass shooting, Newtown massacre, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, workplace violence
December 19, 2012 by Fred Hosier
The tragedy of the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, provides an opportunity for a discussion on workplace violence. What can we do, as a society and as individual safety professionals, to make it less likely that this happens again?
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Tags: Newtown CT, Sandy Hook, shootings, workplace violence
September 17, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Workers’ comp cases often hinge on whether the injured person was considered an employee or contractor. Courts get these cases all the time involving professions like roofing and other construction trades. But recently, a state appeals court had a more exotic case to decide.
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Tags: employee or contractor, shot in strip club, stripper, Workers' comp
August 31, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Terminating employees and workplace violence; ignoring OSHA could lead to IRS involvement; the relationship between OSHA’s budget and workplace fatalities; managing by walking around still works; and a photo that shows workers don’t always heed the words on their T-shirts. All in this week’s Safety News Summary.
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Tags: managing by walking around, safety infographic, workplace fatalities, workplace violence
August 6, 2012 by Fred Hosier
More reaction to the fatal movie theater shooting in Colorado: A major city releases a public service announcement with tips for surviving a workplace shooting. Also: New developments in the UCLA death of lab assistant Sheri Sangji. Is it time for a universal, nationwide motorcycle helmet law? And investigators look into why a Six Flags roller coaster malfunctioned.
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Tags: motorcycle helmet laws, movie theater shooting, Superman roller coaster, UCLA lab researcher death
July 30, 2012 by Fred Hosier
In this week’s Safety News Summary: You’ve got a shooter (like in the Aurora theater). What do you do? Heavy patients are weighing down hospital workers. It’s not just workplaces that are getting louder. And 21 people attending a motivational seminar burn their feet while fire walking.
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Tags: Aurora shootings, fire walk, lifting patients, loud workplaces
October 17, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Did suspension over a safety incident spark a shooting rampage in Cupertino, CA, that left three people dead and six others injured?
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Tags: Lehigh Permanente, shooting, suspension
