At the 2009 OSU-OSHA Safety Day, one presenter highlighted the importance of not disrupting hospital operations or endangering patient safety when completing construction and maintenance work in ...

Given that healthcare workers have seen recent staggering increases to workplace injury and illness, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has urged healthcare facilities to implement ...

After previous attempts expired or were knocked down in federal court, the Labor Department is now working to create a permanent set of coronavirus safety rules for health-care facilities, trying to ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. healthcare workers experienced a whopping 249% increase in injury and illness rates in 2020 while serving patients. In fact, workers in the healthcare and ...

In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported more than 23,000 significant injuries due to assault at work. More than 70 percent of these assaults were in healthcare and social service settings.

As new COVID-19 cases continue trending downward and more areas relax masking rules, the workplace safety agency will ramp up investigations at healthcare facilities to make sure they're effectively ...

The nation’s largest federal employee union urged the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to reconsider its decision to rescind part of its temporary COVID-19 workplace safety standards for ...