OSHA: Brooklyn Health Care Facility Failed to Protect Workers from Violence
“Brookdale must actively and effectively implement a workplace violence prevention program immediately to ensure the safety and well-being of its workers,” said Robert Kulick, OSHA’s regional administrator in New York.
Employees of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., were exposed to head, eye, face and groin injuries and intimidation and threats during routine interactions with patients and visitors, OSHA alleges.
The medical center faces $78,000 in fines for failing to implement safeguard against workplace violence after OSHA’s Manhattan office launched an inspection in February.
