California employers outside health care

Where are your California work sites?

Free checklist for California's SB 553 workplace violence prevention plan: who it names, the incident log, training and records, using Cal/OSHA's model.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • Nearest police station
  • Nearest hospital
  • Building outline

How it works

Workplace violence prevention plan checklist, from one answer

  1. List your California sites and the risks staff face.
  2. ePlan checks your plan against Labor Code 6401.9 and flags what's missing.
  3. Read the checklist free. Need the evacuation side too? Start an emergency action plan.

What you get

Workplace violence prevention plan checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan door.

The first draft

Workplace violence prevention plan checklist (free)

  1. Who is responsible
  2. Employee involvement
  3. Reporting and response procedures
  4. Hazards in each work area
  5. Correcting hazards
  6. Violent incident log

Modeled on: Cal/OSHA Model Written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan for General Industry

Next · 2

Emergency action plan

  1. Reporting an emergency
  2. Evacuation routes
  3. Head count
  4. Plan contact

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

5 years

is the minimum time to keep violent incident logs; training records are kept at least one year
Source: Cal/OSHA, Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry

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Questions

Workplace Violence Prevention Plan: what people ask

When did California's workplace violence plan rule start?

Labor Code 6401.9 became enforceable on July 1, 2024. Covered employers must establish, implement and maintain an effective written workplace violence prevention plan.

Source: dir.ca.gov

Is there a free template?

Yes. Cal/OSHA publishes a Model Written Workplace Violence Prevention Plan for General Industry (non-health care settings) that employers can use as a resource guide.

Source: dir.ca.gov

Does health care follow this rule?

No. Facilities covered by Cal/OSHA's health care workplace violence standard, Title 8 section 3342, are not required to follow Labor Code 6401.9.

Source: dir.ca.gov

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