Module six risk assessment part two. There are risks with every job, but employers have an obligation to identify potential safety hazards and address them. hazards are unique to each profession, but there are common hazards that are directly related to violence at work. risk assessments and evaluations should be done periodically to ensure the safety of everyone in the workplace. Identifying the hazard, it is important to identify hazards that can contribute to workplace violence. identify hazards so that risks can be assessed and plans implemented that will control the risk and protect employees.

There are some common hazards that all companies need to be aware of history of workplace violence, job description, working with valuable merchandise, number of people working, lack of security cameras and visibility assessing the risk. Once you identify the potential hazards use them to assess the risk of violence in your organization. For example, employees should not work alone. If employees do work alone, there should be a strict safety and security protocols. Employees are also at risk if they handle expensive merchandise. Do you have plans in place that prevent the hazards from becoming actual risks?

Controlling the risk? assessing risks is done so that the risks can be controlled. While there is no such thing as perfect safety, there are steps to add in policies and procedures that will help prevent workplace violence. For example, always open or close with at least two people in the building and do not let customers in after hours. The needs of each organization will be different but using the assessment as a guide will help maintain a safe work environment. Evaluating and review.

A safe work environment requires employers to evaluate and review their risk assessments regularly. Plans need to change to suit the needs of the individuals. It is essential that the data used to implement plans be accurate. evaluations and reviews allow managers to make informed decisions about the constantly changing work environment. Case Study. JOHN wanted to assess the hazard of a workplace violence incident at a paper distribution company.

In order to do that. He looked at History of workplace incidents that had already happened and the employee involved. He cross reference that with the employees current job description and determined if that job would put them in low security camera visibility areas. He decided to do a company wide questionnaire to evaluate the Select employees that may be violent or have tendencies toward violence. He saw that no employee had any complaints yet. So john held a meeting to discuss the consequences of workplace violence in order to deter any future violence.