KEVIN
​GRAULICH, CIH

Cal OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care: A New Regulation

This presentation will provide information on how and why this regulation came to be. The presentation will include background into how workplace violence affects the health care industry. We will discuss the scope of the regulation as well as cover the elements of the workplace violence prevention program, and how those elements are to be presented to the workers that are affected by the program.  We will also discuss where you can find additional information on workplace violence, this regulation, and its effect on the healthcare industry. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At completion of this session, the participant will be able to: 

• Describe the background behind the regulation; and
• Explain the scope of the standard; and
• Review the basic requirements of the standard so that healthcare workers can help make their program successful. ​

Kevin Graulich is a Certified Industrial Hygienist who works for Cal/OSHA as a Senior Safety Engineer with the Research and Standards Occupational Health Unit.  While in the Health Unit Kevin worked on the team that developed the Workplace violence prevention in health care (T8CCR 3342) rulemaking package, and is currently the chair for the advisory committee for the General Industry workplace violence prevention standard.  Kevin started with Cal/OSHA in 1994 as an Associate Industrial Hygienist in the Anaheim compliance District Office. Kevin was promoted to the Position of District Manager of the Torrance District Office in 2009 and then to Senior Safety Engineer for Region 3 in November of 2009.