OSHA: Children's Hospital Exposed Workers to Patient Violence

An Ohio children’s hospital has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after inspectors said the facility failed to adequately protect employees against workplace violence perpetuated by patients. OSHA on Thursday said it cited Columbus-based Nationwide Children’s Hospital for one serious violation and one other-than-serious violation and proposed $18,000 in fines after an investigation sparked by worker complaints found the facility failed to take steps to protect employees from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious i...