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Workshop:
Preventing Workplace Violence
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February 10, 2009
Parsons Government Center, Milford, CT
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Registration 8:30 AM
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only
SUMMARY
This workshop teaches managers and supervisors how to spot
the warning signs of aggressive behavior in their organization.
It discusses several types of workplace violence. It outlines the
importance of internal policies and reporting procedures. The
workshop provides managers the tools they need to diffuse
aggressive behaviors by developing an effective workplace
violence prevention program.
| Management Series
Preventing Workplace Violence was developed to
help supervisors make their workplace safer.
This workshop is part of the CIRMA Management Series.
These workshops provide managers and supervisors the
understanding they need to develop a more effective risk
management program.
For more information about the workshops, please email
CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.
"Training in nonviolent response and conflict resolution
is thought to reduce the risk that volatile situations
will escalate to physical violence."
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Incidents of workplace violence have become so common that
only the most shocking now make national news. Yet most
supervisors still deny the possibility that such an incident could
happen in their workplace. Or, worse yet, could be caused by one
of their own employees. They want to believe, “It can’t happen
here”. Everyone hopes it won't, but behind the sensational
headlines, a very real day-to-day trend of workplace threats,
aggression, and assaults has grown to epidemic proportions.The U.S. Department of Labor reports that homicides are the
third-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the U.S. While
most incidents of workplace violence do not involve fatalities,
even relatively minor episodes can devastate employees’ sense of
personal security. This workshop is designed to make managers
more aware of the issues related to workplace violence and to
provide some tools to help manage, defuse, and prevent it.
Participants will learn:
- Common causes of violent and aggressive behavior, both
internal and external.
- The destructive results of even mild forms of aggression.
- Warning signs of those who might pose a risk to a safe,
secure workplace.
- The basic steps in setting up a workplace violence prevention
program to reduce incidents and liability.
AUDIENCE
- Human Resource Directors
- Risk Managers
- Department Managers and Supervisors
SPEAKERS
Jeffrey Rogers
Senior Risk Control Consultant
CIRMA Risk Management Services
Mr. Rogers serves as a Senior Risk Control
Consultant for CIRMA’s Risk Management
Services. He has over 9 years experience in
Risk Management. He provides proactive
Risk Management consultation for CIRMA Workers’ Compensation
and Liability-Auto-Property pool members. He currently is a
member of the Connecticut School Indoor Environment Resource
Team and sits on the University of Connecticut’s Environmental
Health and Occupational Safety Advisory Board. Mr. Rogers is
currently working towards his Associates in Risk Management
designation.
Mark Wantroba
Senior Risk Control Consultant
CIRMA Risk Management Services
Mark serves as a Senior Risk Control
Consultant for CIRMA’s Risk Management
Services. He has over 20 years experience
working in the commercial insurance industry
providing risk management and safety and health services.
Mark holds a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from
Southern Connecticut State University. He also completed his
M.S. in Exercise Physiology (Biomechanics) from the same
institution. Mark is a Certified Safety Professional and holds
the Associate in Risk Management and Associate in Loss Control
Management designations. He has been a member of the
American Society of Safety Engineers since 1989.
WHERE
Parsons Government Center
2nd Floor Meeting Room
70 West River Street
Milford, CT 06460
COST per attendee
This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.
DIRECTIONS
From I-95 SOUTHBOUND: Take I-95 South to Exit 39A. At the
end of the exit, immediately get into the left-hand lane. Bear left at the
fork onto Cherry Street. Follow Cherry Street through four lights, stay
in the right lane. At the fifth light, go straight and you will come to a
stop sign. Again go straight over a small bridge (duck pond on the left).
The Parsons Government Center is ahead on the left. Parking is available
on the street and behind the buildings in the designated areas.
From I-95 NORTHBOUND: Take I-95 North to Exit 37 (High Street).
At the end of the ramp, turn right at the light go straight across the
Boston Post Road (Rte. 1) continuing onto High Street, at the stop sign
intersection of High Street and West Main Street turn left travel 200-
300 yards, pass the large parking lot with the baseball field behind it.
At the end of the parking lot, turn right onto Constitution Drive (which
is a side street of the Parsons building) follow Constitution Drive to the
end of the building on the left, take the first left at the end of the building
into a smaller parking lot. Park in the designated areas.
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