Commission Issues Decision and Remand in UHS of Denver, Inc., dba Highlands Behavioral Health System, OSHRC Docket No. 19-0550

OSHA conducted an inspection of UHS’s Littleton facility after receiving an employee complaint about workplace violence. In the citation, as amended, the Secretary alleges that hospital “employees were exposed to physical threats and assaults by patients” and lists ten proposed abatement measures. Prior to the hearing, the parties filed joint stipulations in which UHS conceded three of the four elements required to prove a general duty clause violation