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Developing Workplace Violence and Harassment Policies and Programs: A Toolbox
Measures and Yes No N/A Examples of Controls Existing Controls Recommended Controls
Procedures
(identify person(s) responsible
and expected completion
dates, if possible)
SV9. Are there other
measures or
procedures needed to
protect workers from
the risks of securing
or protecting
valuables?
SV10. Are workers
trained in safety
routines for parking,
and leaving and
returning to their
vehicles?
SV11. Have workers
received training in
robbery prevention
and response?
SV12. Are workers
trained to recognize
and deal with
potentially violent
people, situations, or
high-risk locations?
SV13. In addition to
(e.g., an operations room
operator may contact the
guard every hour via a
dedicated radio system –
ensure the supervisor
contacts the guard, and the
patrol guard notifies the
supervisor, if either knows of a
change in a scheduled patrol).
Measures and procedures will
depend on the specific
workplace.
Training could include:
• being observant – look and
listen
• not slinging purses or bags
over the shoulder or around
the neck
• carrying keys in hand
• walking around the vehicle
and checking the back seat
before unlocking the vehicle
• locking doors and keeping
windows up
• how to carry and store
valuables
• the dangers of reading or
writing in parked vehicles
• maintaining a full gas tank or
filling up at well-lit and busy
gas stations
• how to choose a safe parking
spot
• looking for adequate light from
street lamps
Consider establishing a robbery
prevention and response
program.
Training could include:
• techniques for preventing
robberies
• safe responses to robbery
• no negative consequences to
workers
Training could include:
• how workers will be informed
about potentially violent
people, situations, or locations
• characteristics of aggressive
or violent people
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