OSHA`s Workplace Violence Standard and the Fire Service
BY STEVEN S. WILDER
It is expected that in late 1998 or early 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will pass the proposed Workplace Violence Standard. When this standard passes, fire departments that provide prehospital service--either in the form of ambulance response or other related responses, such as EMS (emergency medical services), engine company, or truck company--will be faced with a new challenge: how to comply with a standard designed primarily for hospitals and social service agencies.
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