Environmental Assessment For Workplace Security
Evaluator:_____________________________________________________
Location:______________________________________________________
Observer:______________________________________________________
Periodic inspections for security hazards are necessary to
identify and evaluate changes in employee work practices,
and may require assessing for more than one type of workplace
violence. This survey is used to identify and evaluate workplace
security hazards.
SECTION I
Type I workplace security hazards.
1. Cash transactions? _____Yes Answer the
following questions
_____No Go to Section II
2. The exterior and interior of the workplace for its attractiveness
to robbers.
_______________________________________________________________
3. The need for security surveillance measures, such as mirrors
or cameras.
_______________________________________________________________
4. Posting of signs notifying the public that limited cash
is kept on the premises.
_______________________________________________________________
5. Procedures for employee response during a robbery or other
criminal act.
_______________________________________________________________
6. Procedures for reporting suspicious persons of activities.
_______________________________________________________________
7. Posting of emergency telephone numbers for University
Police
_______________________________________________________________
8. Limiting the amount of cash on hand and using time access
safes for large bills.
_______________________________________________________________
9. Employee/Evaluator comments:
_______________________________________________________________
Type II workplace security hazards.
1. Provide a service? _____Yes Answer the following
_____No Go to Section III
2. Access to, and freedom of movement within, the workplace.
_______________________________________________________________
3. Adequacy of workplace security systems, such as door locks,
security windows, physical barriers and restraint systems.
_______________________________________________________________
4. Frequency and severity of threatening or hostile situations
that may lead to violent acts by persons who are service recipients
of our establishment.
_______________________________________________________________
5. Employees’ skill in safely handling threatening or hostile
service recipients.
_______________________________________________________________
6. Effectiveness of systems and procedures to warn others
of a security danger or to summon assistance, e.g., alarms
or panic buttons.
_______________________________________________________________
7. The use of work practices such as “buddy” systems for
specified emergency events.
_______________________________________________________________
8. The availability of employee escape routes.
_______________________________________________________________
9. Employee/Evaluator comments:
_______________________________________________________________
SECTION III
Type III workplace security hazards.
1. How well has our campus workplace violence policy been
communicated to employees, supervisors and managers.
_______________________________________________________________
2. How well does campus management and employees communicate
with each other.
_______________________________________________________________
3. Employees’ knowledge of the warning signs of potential
workplace violence.
_______________________________________________________________
4. Access to, and freedom of movement within, the workplace
by non-employees, including recently discharged employees.
_______________________________________________________________
5. Frequency and severity of employee reports of threats
of physical or verbal abuse by managers, supervisors or other
employees.
_______________________________________________________________
6. Any prior violent acts, threats of physical violence,
verbal abuse, property damage or other signs of strain or
pressure in the workplace.
_______________________________________________________________
7. Employee disciplinary and discharge procedures.
_______________________________________________________________
8. How thorough are the backgrounds on new hires?
_______________________________________________________________
9. Employee/Evaluator comments:
_______________________________________________________________
Environmental Health and Safety 7/22/2008
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Environmental Assessment