Michaels: OSHA Issued 18 Workplace Violence Citations In Four Years, Seeks To Prevent Teen Tragedies

OSHA chief David Michaels emphasized in a conference call Monday his view that the OSH Act mandate to keep workplaces free of recognized hazards includes feasible measures to abate workplace violence, and said in the last four years OSHA has issued 18 citations under Section 5(a)1 related to the issue.