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Workplace Violence Citations Upheld by Federal Judge

Join Workplace Violence Citations Upheld by Federal Judge A Department of Labor (DOL) administrative law judge, Dennis Phillips, found hospital management companies UHS of Delaware Inc. and Premier Behavioral Health Solutions of Florida Inc. exposed workers to workplace violence and showed bad faith by allowing the destruction of surveillance videos showing instances of workplace violence at a Bradenton, Florida, psychiatric facility. Phillips assessed a $12,934 penalty and ordered UHS and Premier to pay $9,600 in attorneys’ fees as a sanction for the bad-faith destruction of video surveillance evidence. Vitalii Vodolazskyi / Shutterstock.com The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched an investigation at Suncoast Behavioral Health Center in 2017 after a patient jumped over a nurse’s station and stabbed an employee with a pair of scissors. On April 24, 2018, OSHA issued a citation for a repeat violation of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act’s

Federal Judge Finds Florida Behavioral Healthcare Center Exposes Employees to More than 50 Attacks -- Occupational Health & Safety

Federal Judge Finds Florida Behavioral Healthcare Center Exposes Employees to More than 50 Attacks UHS of Delaware Inc. and Premier Behavioral Health Solutions of Florida were both fined for not protecting workers. By Shereen Hashem May 06, 2021 Workplace violence exposure was determined by a federal administrative law judge at a Bradenton behavioral healthcare center. The center and its management company exposed its workers to more than 50 attacks in a two-and-a-half-year period “when residents kicked, punched, bit, scratched, pulled and used desk scissors as a weapon, and that both entities deserve to be sanctioned for destroying surveillance videos,” according to a press release.

FL: Federal Judge Finds Behavioral Healthcare Center Exposed Workers to More Than 50 Attacks by Residents, Allowed Destruction of Video Evidence

05/04/21 WorkersCompensation.com Bradenton, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - A federal administrative law judge has determined that a Bradenton behavioral healthcare center and its management company exposed workers to more than 50 attacks in a two-and-a-half-year period when residents kicked, punched, bit, scratched, pulled and used desk scissors as a weapon, and that both entities deserve to be sanctioned for destroying surveillance videos showing this workplace violence. In a 170-page decision, U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge Dennis Phillips found UHS of Delaware Inc. – a hospital management company – and Premier Behavioral Health Solutions of Florida Inc. exposed workers to workplace violence, and showed bad faith in allowing the destruction of videos that showed instances of workplace violence at the facility. Premier operates as Suncoast Behavioral Health Center in Bradenton. UHS, one of the nation s largest healthcare service providers, manages Suncoast

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