Tabletop Scenario Exercises Applied to Workplace Violence Prevention Research

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• Personal Author:
  Bixler D ; Casteel C ; Holbrook C ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Ramirez M ; Rugala EA
• Description:
  Background. U.S. employers have identified security and violence prevention as one of their top three business priorities. Worker-on-worker violence is a primary component of companies concerns. The study objective was to identify if tabletop scenario exercises are successful in improving a company's response to worker-on-worker violence. Methods. Twenty-two threat management teams from a large multinational company participated in two tabletop scenario exercises at five regional training seminars in 2010. Teams completed data collection instruments to document how they mitigated each case presented in the scenario exercises. Data collection followed response protocols of the company's threat management program: identification of the initial level of threat, investigation and reassessment of threat, intervention and referral, case management. Results. Teams were multidisciplinary and averaged 7 members (range= 3-13). The percentage of teams correctly assessing the initial level of threat increased from 41% in scenario 1 (S1) to 59% in scenario 2 (S2). This increase was most pronounced among the less experienced teams. During the investigation phase, 68% of the teams in S1 identified most of the priority interviews to conduct, which increased to 86% in S2. Following the investigation, a smaller percentage of teams in S2 correctly reassessed the threat level, most likely due to not having identified a critical piece of information during the investigation that placed the threat in a more severe stage. Conclusions. Tabletop scenario exercises can be valuable tools for evaluating how companies respond to simulated threats of workplace violence and for identifying the successes and gaps in the response. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Emergencies Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Evaluation Emergency Preparedness Emergency Response Training Effectiveness Violence Prevention Workplace Safety Workplace Violence
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Iowa ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9 ; South Carolina ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058933
• Citation:
  APHA 140th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 27-31, 2012, San Francisco, California. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2012 Oct; :268782
• Contact Point Address:
  Carri Casteel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Epidemiology, 137 E. Franklin St., Suite 500, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 27599-7505
• Email:
  ccasteel@email.unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090801
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 140th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 27-31, 2012, San Francisco, California
• End Date:
  20120731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:137075a97f07a172b7b61a4a4f6e6cd0adb78ef9cebd45f8a26f6a40330855a6535da2a80ea38ba7409a095e68b30eac5e0ee83c7750879698e74646212e332b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223289/cdc_223289_DS1.pdf
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