Occupational safety is connected to several organizational priorities, including mental health, work culture, and productivity and quality of the work produced. One of the most significant benefits of a safe workplace is that the quantity and quality tend to improve because employees feel more valued by the employer and value their work more as a result.

It is estimated that violent or potentially violent interactions with patients or clients, also known as "code white", happen as many as 10 times a day. Nurses, who interact with these type of violent patients on a more frequent basis than doctors, are calling for more security including personal alarms.