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Developing Workplace Violence and Harassment Policies and Programs: A Toolbox
This assessment can be useful to workplaces where workers are required to travel in a vehicle most of their workday
with limited communication with their office. These workers could be salespeople, consultants, auditors contract
accountants, etc., who travel to clients' premises. Examples of activities include:
• Working on the road – a vehicle is a "mobile office"
• Working in remote or unknown areas
• Situations in which the public has access to the worker in and outside of the vehicle
You are not required to use all or any of the examples of controls. There may be other controls that are more
suitable to the circumstances of your workplace and to controlling the risks of workplace violence that you identify.
Assessment for Specific Risk: Mobile Workplace (MW)
Physical Yes No N/A Examples of Controls Existing Controls Recommended Controls
Environment
(identify person(s) responsible
and expected completion
dates, if possible)
MW1. Can workers
call for immediate
help when workplace
violence occurs or is
likely to occur while
they are on the road?
MW2. Are vehicles
used by workers
regularly maintained?
Job / Department/ Location: Completed by: Date:
Shading indicates elevated risk
Measures and procedures could
include:
• providing equipment to
summon assistance, such as
individual or fixed alarms
(sounding or silent) or cell
phones (pre-programmed to
call an emergency number)
• providing GPS tracking
devices or other locating
devices
• providing internal and external
numbers for workers to call
• at all hours of operations
• posted or otherwise readily
available
• establishing an internal
code word or words to
indicate that help is needed
Develop procedures to ensure
vehicles used by workers are
regularly maintained.
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