Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry
Workplace violence includes threats or acts of physical violence at work and is a serious concern for employers and workers. The latest data shows in 2021, 57 working people died from acts of workplace violence in California. In the U.S., an average of 1.3 million nonfatal violent crimes in the workplace occurred annually from 2015 to 2019. For further details see Indicators of Workplace Violence, 2019 (published 2022).
Cal/OSHA is developing a new regulation on Workplace Violence Prevention that will apply to most workplaces in California.
The regulation is currently being drafted based on input from two public meetings and two rounds of written comments detailed below. The newest draft will be discussed at another meeting in 2023. To receive updates and provide feedback on the draft regulation, email Principal Safety Engineer Kevin Graulich at KGraulich@dir.ca.gov
General Industry Safety Orders
Chapter 4, subchapter 7, new section
Advisory Meetings
The Division is seeking additional input on a revised discussion draft for Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to Deputy Chief of Health Eric Berg, EBerg@dir.ca.gov by July 14, 2025. An advisory committee meeting will be scheduled later.
The purpose of the advisory meeting will be to consider changes to Labor Code section 6401.9 (established by Senate Bill 553 (2023-2024)) in the discussion draft for title 8 section 3343 Workplace Violence Prevention. The meeting will be an online video conference with no in-person portion.
For more information, contact Eric Berg at (925) 270-9791
The Division is seeking input on a revised discussion draft for Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry. Changes compared to Labor Code Section 6401.9 are shown in this PDF with underline and strikeout format to indicate added language and deletions. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to Deputy Chief of Health Eric Berg, EBerg@dir.ca.gov by September 3, 2024. An advisory committee meeting will be scheduled later this year.
The Division is seeking input on a revised discussion draft for workplace violence prevention in general industry. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to Principal Safety Engineer Kevin Graulich, KGraulich@dir.ca.gov by July 18, 2022.
The Division is seeking input on a revised discussion draft for workplace violence prevention in general industry. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to Principal Safety Engineer Kevin Graulich, KGraulich@dir.ca.gov, by December 14, 2018.
1515 Clay St., 2nd Floor, Room 1
Oakland, CA
This second meeting will seek input on a new draft proposal to address workplace violence in all industries. It will include a discussion on the differences between section 3203, 3342, and the proposed new section 3343. This meeting is to further the discussion of the petition granted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Petition 542.
For questions or more information about the meeting contact Kevin Graulich at 714‑567‑2868.
Meeting Documents
1515 Clay St., 2nd Floor, Room 1
Oakland, CA
In response to Petition 542, the Division will convene an advisory meeting on the topic of workplace violence prevention in general industry. For questions or more information about the meeting contact Kevin Graulich at 714‑567‑2868 or Grace Delizo at 619‑278‑3770
Meeting Documents
June 2025