Topic > Case Study: A Safe and Healthy Workplace

OSHA helps companies protect their employees and reduce the number of workplace incidents that result in injury and death. By keeping employees safe and healthy, organizations will reduce workplace injury insurance costs and medical expenses. Furthermore; Companies see decreased payments for return-to-work programs, reduce potentially defective products, and decrease costs for work accommodations for injured workers. Indirectly, additional benefits such as increased productivity, reduced training costs, and decreased overtime costs have also been attributed to OSHA's research and guidance. (OSHA, 2014) Workplace and Domestic Violence Workplace violence often results in serious injuries that often result in disabilities requiring ongoing care. Workplace violence can also lead to life-threatening injuries and even death. According to statistics recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor, nearly 17 percent of all workplace deaths in 2011 were the result of workplace violence. In the United States alone, 780 fatal workplace accidents were caused