Work Place Violence
Work Place Violence
A two hour module based on current and relevant Preventions and Responses to Workplace Violence.
This Course in intended for a group setting of 8-10
"No organization, large or small, public or private, for-profit or in the nonprofit sector, can assume that it will be immune to the wide range of disturbing, threatening, and violent conduct that falls within the broad definition of "workplace violence." All organizations ultimately carry a responsibility, both for humanitarian and legal reasons, to protect employees and others who interact with the workplace to the fullest practical extent by taking measures to detect threats at the earliest possible moment, engage in effective intervention through careful Incident Management, and mitigate consequences should violence erupt."
Work place Violenceis any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site. It ranges from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and even homicide. It can affect and involve employees, clients, customers and visitors.
Under OSHA's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970, employers are required to provide their employees with a place of employment that "is free from recognizable hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious harm to employees." The courts have interpreted OSHA's general duty clause to mean that an employer has a legal obligation to provide a workplace free of conditions or activities that either the employer or industry recognizes as hazardous and that cause, or are likely to cause, death or serious physical harm to employees when there is a feasible method to abate the hazard.
An employer that has experienced acts of workplace violence, or becomes aware of threats, intimidation, or other indicators showing that the potential for violence in the workplace exists, would be on notice of the risk of workplace violence and should implement a workplace violence prevention program combined with engineering controls, administrative controls, and training.