OSHA To Soon Issue Compliance Directive On Workplace Violence, Sources Say

OSHA plans to issue soon a compliance directive that would provide instruction to field operations on how to enforce OSH Act requirements to deal with workplace violence, sources told Inside OSHA Online, but details about the content of the draft document are not yet available. An OSHA spokesperson confirmed that the directive is in final clearance and said there is not a definite date on when it will be issued. The agency has made addressing workplace violence a more high-profile effort in recent months, with OSHA chief David Michaels calling it an area of concern. However, since the agency h