WorkSafe has charged a Melbourne hospital after a nurse was allegedly assaulted in its acute psychiatric unit.
Austin Health has been charged with two breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to maintain a workplace that is safe and without risk to health.
The hospital has been charged for failing to maintain safe systems of work; and for failing to provide information, instruction and training, Worksafe Victoria said in a statement.
The charges relate to an incident on 17 September 2019, in which a patient allegedly assaulted a nurse in the psychiatric unit’s high support area.
The matter is listed for a mention hearing at Heidelberg Magistrates’Â Court on October 6.
