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  Staff members of Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion reportedly suffered concussions, lacerations and sprains from patients. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Columbus, Ohio hospital for failing to protect its employees from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries. Following a complaint of unsafe working conditions,…

As instances of violence rise, OSHA and the Joint Commission take steps to make healthcare facilities safer. Workplace violence has become high-profile, sadly. It is no longer uncommon or even surprising to hear a news report of a shooting inside a hospital or other healthcare facility, and too many healthcare workers have their own personal…

  Facility managers well know that the real cost of a building is its long-term maintenance. There are all kinds of rules of thumb regarding how much money to budget for maintenance, but most agree that somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 percent of the building’s value per year is a good number for maintenance….

With catastrophic weather events hitting hard across the country, 2022 was ranked the third worst year for insured losses in Canadian history. Unlike other years, in which a single dramatic event made up a significant percentage of the losses, 2022 saw a variety of major catastrophic events wreaking havoc across the entire country. Ontario was…

Many NCAA programs are expressing a desire for a holistic approach to performance—one that thoughtfully integrates nutrition, mental health, sports medicine, hydrotherapy, diagnostics, sleep, recovery, and sport-specific strength and conditioning—all working in sync to improve athletes’ performance in the classroom and on game day. Training facilities have evolved in response. Over the last decade, the…

The Great Resignation and the high number of workers retiring over the last several years have led to labor shortages at many workplaces across the country. While some of those positions will be filled, it’s likely those replacements won’t have the same depth of knowledge as their predecessors. To help solve this problem, facilities managers…