This document discusses employee safety and health in the workplace. It covers topics like workplace accidents, violence, and illness, providing statistics on work-related deaths and injuries in 2010. It also describes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is responsible for crafting safety standards and conducting inspections. Finally, it lists some methods for preventing workplace accidents, violence, and illness, and emphasizes the importance of employee safety and health for employee retention, company finances, productivity, and reputation.

1. EMPLOYEE SAFETY & HEALTH

2.  WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS
 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
 WORKPLACE ILLNESS
CAUSES & DESCRIPTION

3.  86% OF PAST VIOLENCE WERE APPARENT
 HOMICIDE – 2ND CAUSE OF WORK INJURY
 4,690 WORKERS KILLED ON THE JOB IN 2010
 270 WORKPLACE SUICIDES IN 2010
STATISTICS

4.  ESTABLISHED 1970 BY ACT OF CONGRESS
 RESPONSIBLE FOR CAFTING OSH STANDARDS
 CONDUCTS INSPECTIONS & ISSUE CITATIONS
 EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORK SAFETY
 EMPLOYERS MUST RECORD & REPORT SOME OCCUPATIONAL
INJURIES & ILLNESS
OSHA

5.  IMPROVE EXTERNAL LIGHTING
 INTALL SECURITY CAMERAS
 STAFF TRAINING IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
 NO CASH SIGNS
 NO WEAPONS POLICY
 BULLET RESISTANT CUBICLES FOR AT-RISK STAFF
PREVENTION OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

6.  REDUCE UNSAFE CONDITIONS
 REDUCE UNSAFE ACTS
 SAFETY OFFICER
PREVENTION OF WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS

7.  MONITOR AIR QUALITY
 UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION
 OTHER PRECAUTIONS
 QUARANTINED
PREVENTION OF WORKPLACE ILLNESS

8.  EMPLOYEE RETENSION
 COMPANY FINANCE
 EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY
 COMPANY REPUTATION
IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE SAFETY &
HEALTH

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Importance of employee safety, (n. d.). Retrieved from
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-employee-safety-15776.html
Revisions of 2010 Census of Fatal occupational Injuries (CFOI)
count, (n. d.). Retrieved from
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_revised10.pdf
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