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<<< Back to State Occupational Safety and Health Plans Printing Instructions   VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE: State Plan Standards & Resources STANDARDS AND POLICY New Mexico 11.5.6 NMAC, Convenience Store Regulations (4 p.) Washington WAC 296-832, Late Night Retail Workers Crime Prevention standard WISHA Regional Directive 5.05, Violence in the Workplace (July, 2006) [PDF - 84 KB] Provides guidance to DOSH staff on applying existing standards to workplace violence. WISHA Regional Directive 5.07, Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare (July 20006) [PDF - 84 KB] RESOURCES California Cal/OSHA Guidelines for Workplace Security (1995) Characterizes establishments, profiles and motives of agent or assailant, and identifies preventive measures by type. In CA, 60% of workplace homicides involved a person entering a small late-night retail establishment. Non-fatal assaults to service providers, especially health care providers, may be most prevalent type of workplace violence resulting in injury. Guidelines for Security & Safety of Health Care and Community Service Workers (1998) Injury and Illness Model Program for Workplace Security (1995) Indiana Violence in the Workplace (2006) [DOC - 84 KB] Includes charts on numbers of fatal and non-fatal assaults in IN, 1997-2006. Workplace Violence course (#2433), 3 - 3.5 hours Minnesota Workplace Violence Prevention Guide (29 p.) [PDF - 100 KB] Preventing Workplace Violence (2 p.) [PDF - 100 KB] Oregon Publication (12 p.): Violence in the workplace: Can it happen here? [PDF - 680 KB] Small Business Class (1 hour): 702- Violence in the Workplace (33 p. workbook) [PDF - 540 KB] Health care assault log information -- Legislative report (28 p.) on 2008 health care assault log data [PDF - 500 KB] -- House Bill 2022 (2007) requires hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and hospitals with home health care services to implement strategies to protect healthcare employees from acts of violence in the workplace. Requires reporting of health care assaults. Videos/DVDs (18 total) on violence in the workplace are available from OR-OSHA Resource Center secure web site Violence in the Workplace: Accepted Disabling Claims due to Assaults and Violent Acts, Oregon, 2001-2005 (26 p.) [PDF - 900 KB] Washington Workplace violence prevention Workplace violence in healthcare settings   Accessibility Assistance: Contact the OSHA Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs at 202-693-2200 for assistance accessing PDF and DOC materials.

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