The Brief
- Cal/OSHA is fining SF General Hospital and UCSF for worker violations related to a hospital worker’s fatal stabbing last December.
- The citation documents show Cal/OSHA found the hospital lacked adequate protection in the workplace.
- SF General’s fine is proposed at more than $130,000. UCSF’s fines are proposed at nearly $143,000.
SAN FRANCISCO – Cal/OSHA is fining Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California San Francisco for violations of worker safety laws in connection to an employee’s deadly stabbing last year.
Hospital fined
What we know:
A social worker died after being stabbed by a patient last December at the hospital’s Ward 86 HIV care clinic.
KTVU has obtained the citation documents that show Cal/OSHA found that the hospital lacked adequate protections to identify, investigate and manage potentially dangerous patients and proposed more than $130,000 in fines. Cal/OSHA found seven violations, including six serious citations at the hospital. …