WORKPLACE SECURITY & OSHA OSHA and the Regulatory/Legal

OSHA and the Regulatory/Legal Framework

In recent years, crime in the workplace has increasingly been recognized as a serious workplace safety issue. As such, providing security for workers against crime in the workplace falls under the purview of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and thus of OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA, 2004, p. 3). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has defined violence in the workplace as "violent acts (including physical assaults and threats of assaults) directed toward persons at work or on duty" (OSHA, 2004, p. 4).

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