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PREVENT WORKPLACE VIOLENCE WORKERS: 1. Report potential violence hazards to your supervisor/employer 2. Follow the workplace violence and harassment policies and programs prepared and developed by your employer 3. Know about your right to refuse unsafe work 4. Know what to do when workplace violence occurs Emergency? Always call 911 immediately. Call the Ministry of Labour toll-free at 1-877-202-0008 any time to report critical injuries, fatalities or work refusals. Call 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday for general inquiries about workplace health and safety. www.ontario.ca/healthandsafetyatwork February 2013 EMPLOYERS/SUPERVISORS 1. Prepare policies with respect to workplace violence and workplace harassment 2. Develop and maintain programs to implement those policies and programs 3. Provide information and instruction to workers on those policies and programs 4. Conduct an assessment of the risks of workplace violence that may arise 5. Provide adequate supervision Health care workers are at risk of exposure to violence and harassment in the workplace.

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Page 1: Blitz Poster: Prevent Workplace Violence › ... › 2018 › 03 › prevent-workplace-violence… · WORKPLACE VIOLENCE WORKERS: 1. Report potential violence hazards to your supervisor/employer

PREVENT WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

WORKERS:1. Report potential violence hazards

to your supervisor/employer

2. Follow the workplace violence and harassment policies and programs prepared and developed by your employer

3. Know about your right to refuse unsafe work

4. Know what to do when workplace violence occurs

Emergency? Always call 911 immediately. Call the Ministry of Labour toll-free at 1-877-202-0008 any time to report critical injuries, fatalities or work refusals.

Call 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday for general inquiries about workplace health and safety.

www.ontario.ca/healthandsafetyatwork

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EMPLOYERS/SUPERVISORS1. Prepare policies with respect to workplace

violence and workplace harassment

2. Develop and maintain programs to implement those policies and programs

3. Provide information and instruction to workers on those policies and programs

4. Conduct an assessment of the risks of workplace violence that may arise

5. Provide adequate supervision

Health care workers are at risk of exposure to violence and harassment in the workplace.