Workplace violence has been emerging as an important safety and health issue in today’s workplace. Workplace violence includes; verbal assault, physical assault and in extreme cases fatality. The occupational safety and health administration have developed guidelines and recommendations to reduce worker exposure to this tragic epidemic. Most experts on occupational violence agree that the success of a workplace violence prevention program depends to a large extent on the executive committee set up to establish …showed first 75 words of 2177 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2177 total…it is the employer's responsibility to provide the working conditions that will minimize the likelihood of employee injury due to violence, and it is OSHA's responsibility to enforce that responsibility. Corporations and small business can take steps to begin protecting their workforce and themselves by gathering general industry research and specific research at their company. They also should develop policies, procedures and training programs to educate their workforce and management on violence in the workplace.