Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This video is of the historic unanimous vote to adopt groundbreaking workplace violence prevention protections for healthcare workers in California. In February 2014, SEIU Local 121RN and the SEIU Nurse Alliance of California filed a petition requesting the CalOSHA Standards Board to adopt a new standard to provide health care workers with specific protections against workplace violence. After a three-year statewide campaign, which included hundreds of rank and file members from all SEIU Locals in California and other California unions, the standard was adopted. The video includes comments by the Standards Board members on the need for this standard and praising the many nurses and their unions who testified during the almost three year development of the proposal. Workplace violence is a major hazard faced by many healthcare workers. A 2016 report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) found that health care workers face rates of workplace violence 5 to 12 times higher than the estimated rates for workers overall. This standard establishes mandatory minimum requirements for public and private healthcare employers to reduce the risk of workplace violence to employees. Healthcare employers are required to conduct a workplace violence risk assessment and develop a site-specific workplace violence program. Workers and their unions should be involved in the risk assessment and site-specific program development, including the training and annual program review. The standard can be found at dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Workplace-Violence-Prevention-in-Health-Care-txtbdconsider.pdf .
This video is of the historic unanimous vote to adopt groundbreaking workplace violence prevention protections for healthcare workers in California. In February 2014, SEIU Local 121RN and the SEIU Nurse Alliance of California filed a petition requesting the CalOSHA Standards Board to adopt a new standard to provide health care workers with specific protections against workplace violence. After a three-year statewide campaign, which included hundreds of rank and file members from all SEIU Locals in California and other California unions, the standard was adopted. The video includes comments by the Standards Board members on the need for this standard and praising the many nurses and their unions who testified during the almost three year development of the proposal. Workplace violence is a major hazard faced by many healthcare workers. A 2016 report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) found that health care workers face rates of workplace violence 5 to 12 times higher than the estimated rates for workers overall. This standard establishes mandatory minimum requirements for public and private healthcare employers to reduce the risk of workplace violence to employees. Healthcare employers are required to conduct a workplace violence risk assessment and develop a site-specific workplace violence program. Workers and their unions should be involved in the risk assessment and site-specific program development, including the training and annual program review. The standard can be found at dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Workplace-Violence-Prevention-in-Health-Care-txtbdconsider.pdf .
