1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 4399 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard and HendersonMyers 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9689dg18.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on January 9, 2018 13 Currently residing in the House Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions 14 15 Summary: Workplace violence 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 11/9/2017 House Prefiled 22 11/9/2017 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions 23 1/9/2018 House Introduced ( House Journalpage 72) 24 1/9/2018 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 25 Journalpage 72) 26 27 View the latest legislative information at the website 28 29 30 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 31 32 11/9/2017 33 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF 12 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND THE BENEFITS OF 13 WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION TRAINING, TO 14 ENCOURAGE EACH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO 15 PROVIDE SUCH TRAINING TO THE EMPLOYERS OF THIS 16 STATE, AND TO COMMEND THE CHARLESTON COUNTY 17 SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON 18 COMBATTING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. 19 20 Whereas, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 21 (OSHA) reports that about 2 million American workers become 22 victims of workplace violence each year; and 23 24 Whereas, in 2013, 397 fatal workplace injuries in the United States 25 were classified as homicides; and 26 27 Whereas, the federal government believes that the costs of 28 workplace violence, both seen and unseen effects, costs the 29 economy billions of dollars; and 30 31 Whereas, OSHA believes that a wellwritten and implemented 32 workplace violence prevention program, combined with 33 engineering controls, administrative controls, and training can 34 reduce the incidence of workplace violence in both the private 35 sector and public workplaces; and 36 37 Whereas, in most workplaces where risk factors can be identified, 38 the risk of assault can be prevented or minimized if employers take 39 appropriate precautions such as establishing a zerotolerance policy 40 toward workplace violence and training; and 41

[4399] 2 1 Whereas, understanding the value of training, the Charleston 2 County Sheriff’s Office offered free workplace violence 3 prevention training to teach employers about violence in the 4 workplace, threat assessments, prevention, intervention, protection 5 protocols, implementing ZeroTolerance Policy, preparing for an 6 active shooter, and a place to cope with the aftermath of an event; 7 and 8 9 Whereas, similar training programs across the State that provide 10 employers with the tools to reduce workplace violence would 11 provide a great benefit to all citizens of this State. Now, therefore, 12 13 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 14 15 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 16 by this resolution, encourage all law enforcement agencies across 17 this State to conduct workplace violence training programs, and to 18 encourage the employers of this State to participate in the program. 19 20 Be it further resolved that the members of the South Carolina 21 House of Representatives, commend the efforts of the Charleston 22 County Sheriff’s Office on their efforts to train employers on 23 methods of combating workplace violence. 24 25 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 26 each law enforcement agency of this State and to the Charleston 27 County Sheriff’s Office. 28 XX 29

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