Officials with Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have launched an investigation into an assault at the Minnesota Security Hospital that left a staff member hospitalized with serious injuries, according to an article on the Star Tribune website.
The assault is the latest in a recent string of attacks on staff at the state’s largest psychiatric hospital.
The state Department of Human Services has taken measures to improve safety since late last year. This includes installing new cameras in the high-acute units and common areas; establishing a four-bed admissions unit to protect new patients from more violent ones, and buying protective equipment, such as body and forearm pads for staff, the article said.
The agency is working to fill 20 security counselor positions and 24 other positions.
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