OSHA Cites Mental Health Association for Inadequate Workplace Violence Safeguards Citation follows worker's death at group home facility in Revere


ANDOVER, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Massachusetts-based North Suffolk Mental Health Association for failing to provide its employees with adequate safeguards against workplace violence. OSHA opened an inspection following the January death of an employee who was allegedly abducted from the company's group home in Revere by one of the residents.


The senior counselor, who was working alone, was attacked and fatally injured during the performance of her regularly assigned duties. OSHA's inspection found that employees at the facility are exposed to the hazard of physical assault while providing services to clients, and that the employer failed to develop and implement adequate measures to protect employees against such assaults.


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