Epic Health Services Fails to Protect Worker from Sexual Assault
Home health care provider receives $98,000 in citations after company fails to address workplace violence prevention.
With nearly 2 million cases of reported workplace violence each year and many more unreported, a comprehensive workplace violence program is necessary, according to OSHA. The sexual assault of a home health care worker and subsequent investigation has affirmed the importance of such a program.
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OSHA opened an investigation following a complaint on Feb. 1, 2016, from an employee of AndVenture Inc. doing business as Epic Health Services after a home care client assaulted an employee, despite being warned by another worker about sexual assaults.
