Workplace Violence Prevention practice questions for the CSP exam

A hospital safety manager reviews the past year's injury data. Leadership argues that workplace violence is not a priority because no staff member has been killed by a patient or visitor, and only a few homicides are covered in the news. The manager reviews the injury log and finds numerous assault-related injuries that caused days away from work among nursing staff. Which conclusion is best supported by the OSHA guidance?

1. A.The absence of fatalities means the violence risk is low, since most workplace violence incidents are fatal when they occur in healthcare
2. B.Fatalities are the best indicator of risk, so the program should be triggered only after a homicide occurs
3. C.Assaults on healthcare workers are only a concern in psychiatric settings, so the general nursing units can be excluded
4. D.Most workplace violence incidents result in non-fatal but serious injuries, so the lack of fatalities does not show the hazard is controlled

A psychiatric hospital's safety manager is reviewing its recordkeeping after a patient assault. A nurse was punched by a patient and was admitted to the hospital as an inpatient that same afternoon for a fractured orbital bone. The facility's supervisor assumed the event only needed to go on the OSHA 300 Log at the next routine entry. Which action is consistent with the guidance?

1. A.Report the inpatient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours, because all work-related inpatient hospitalizations must be reported within that time, and enter the injury on the log if it meets the recording criteria
2. B.Make only a log entry, because assault injuries are exempt from the separate hospitalization reporting requirement
3. C.Wait to report until the department's routine record review, since reporting deadlines apply only to amputations and loss of an eye
4. D.Report the injury within 8 hours, because any injury caused by an assault is treated like a fatality for reporting purposes