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Violence & Harassment
Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), workplace violence means:
The exercise of physical force by a person against a worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the worker;
An attempt to exercise physical force against a worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker; and
A statement or behavior that it is reasonable for a worker to interpret as a threat to exercise physical force against the worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker.
