Assessment and Analysis
Assessment merely looks to see if all critical components of the violence prevention program are present.
Analysis involves breaking down the program into its parts and to see how each part is contributing to the whole program. In the analysis, the component processes and procedures are broken down into distinct steps. Each step is looked at to make sure it is necessary and effective.
Important processes and procedures to analyze
- Post incident response procedures.
- Supervisor/employee walkaround inspection procedures. Do they assess for violence prevention measures?
- Review the employee survey process. Is it producing valid, reliable data?
- Review staff meetings/safety committee meetings to determine if they address violence prevention issues.
- Review workplace violence reporting procedures.
- Track the process of reporting problems and making engineering and administrative control measures.
- Review the violence prevention program education and training process.
It's also a good idea to include local law enforcement representatives, legal staff, OSHA, insurer, or private consultants and/or other expert third-party experts to evaluate program processes and procedures.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
8-2. The process of breaking down a program into its parts to see how each part contributes to the whole program is called _____.
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