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COURSE TITLE
Preventing Violence in the Workplace
2009 Summer Institute
July 29, 2009, Oakland, CA
DESCRIPTION
Safety Compliance Alert magazine reported that while U.S. workplace deaths were down overall from 2006 to 2007, homicides increased 13%, making homicides the number two cause of on-the-job deaths after transportation incidents. In spite of these statistics, an ASSE survey revealed that 26% of companies had not done a risk assessment to determine the types of potential violence in their workplace. Has your company done a workplace violence risk assessment? Do you have a violence prevention program in place? This one-day workshop will use discussion of real life cases of violent situations and easy-to-use checklists and forms to give you the tools to set up a violence prevention program tailored to your company.
Agenda:
| 8:00-8:45 |
Scope of Workplace Violence |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Four Types of Violence |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies - Case Studies |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15-12:00 |
Violence Hazard Maps - Identify Hazards and Prioritize Solutions |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:00-3:00 |
Diffusing Violence on the Job
Early Warning Signs
How to Respond
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| 3:00-3:15 |
break |
| 3:15-4:00 |
Components of a Workplace Violence Prevention Program
Federal Guidelines
Cal/OSHA’s IIPP for Workplace Violence
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| 4:00 |
Wrap-up and Evaluation |
Faculty:
Elaine El Askari, MPH, Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
Elaine El Askari has worked at the Labor Occupational Health Program since receiving her MPH in health education from UC Berkeley in 1986. She works on a variety of health and safety issues including: hazardous waste, bloodborne pathogens, and construction hazards. She has been working in the field of workplace violence prevention since 1985. She teaches occupational health and safety classes in LOHP’s Worker Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Training Project (WOSHTEP). She is also the funding coordinator at LOHP and a member of LOHP’s leadership team.
OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the scope and nature of workplace violence.
- Explain Cal/OSHA’s four types of workplace violence.
- Identify risk factors and prevention strategies.
- Draw hazard violence map of their workplace.
- Recognize early warning signs of violent behavior.
- Discuss how to diffuse violence on the job.
- List the components of a workplace violence prevention program.
AUDIENCE
Industrial Hygienists, Safety Professionals, Occupational Health Nurses, Union Representatives, Human Resource Managers, Loss Control Managers, and others responsible for health and safety in the workplace
CREDIT
- 1.0 Safety CM Point. ABIH Approval # 09-2504
- Meets criteria for 0.5 BCSP COC point
- COEH Continuing Education is a California Board of Registered Nursing approved provider BRN # 12983 / 7.8 contact hours
Course Schedule
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July 29, 2009
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8:00AM - 4:00PM
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State Office Bldg
1515 Clay Street, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Directions
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$195 ($295 after July 9th)
Price includes course materials, continental breakfast, and coffee breaks
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