Workplace Violence Prevention Plan Training for 2024

Explore SB 553 California workplace violence prevention plan, how to obtain it, report incidents, participate in its development, and learn OSHA findings and worker disparities.

Receive a trigger warning about workplace violence and related acts as part of a state-required workplace violence prevention training, with guidance to pause, skip, or discuss emotions with a supervisor.

Understand why workplace violence prevention matters, including how Senate bill 553 enables temporary restraining orders and how agencies, supervisors, and law enforcement protect employees.

Explore key definitions of workplace violence, including threat of violence, emergency, engineering controls, incident log, and the plan. Learn the four violence types and how work practices reduce hazards.

Access and engage with the written workplace violence prevention plan, covering definitions, reporting, investigations, and corrective measures, and participate through safety committees and annual review feedback.

Identify who commits workplace violence, from customers, clients, and third-party vendors to coworkers, and recognize risk profiles like problem employees, substance abusers, perfectionists, loners, and those with grudges for prevention.

The lecture explains the aftermath of workplace violence, detailing tangible and intangible damage, physical injuries and disability, and the loss of morale, trust, and higher turnover.

Dissect the anatomy of workplace violence by examining triggering events such as termination or downsizing and contributing factors, and identifying warning signs like threats, intimidation, harassment, stalking, and red flags.

Identify and mitigate violence hazards in the workplace by recognizing physical, verbal, and psychological intimidation. Apply field and frontline protocols, including buddy systems, account flagging, de-escalation, and run-hide-fight training.

Explore hazard correction steps in the workplace violence prevention plan, including employee ID badges, CCTV, alarm systems, and panic buttons. Learn to report hazards for prompt review and annual reviews.

Learn to report workplace violence through direct or anonymous channels, understand the confidential investigation process, and know protections against retaliation and the role of law enforcement when needed.

Document and monitor workplace violence incidents using the Violence Incident Log, kept for five years, published in February with OSHA postings; copies available from HR, your supervisor, or risk management.

Encourage active engagement through interactive questions on workplace violence prevention, inviting input, discussing procedures and scenarios, and offering follow-up support within 48 hours.

Learn to protect yourself and coworkers by walking away from violence, reporting concerns, and sharpening situational awareness to spot things that don't fit.