OSHA has created and recommends using a Risk Factor Checklist. If your facility has identified having any of the following risk factors, there is a potential for violence:
| YES | NO | NOTES/FOLLOW-UP ACTION |
| Do employees have contact with the public? | | | |
| Do they exchange money with the public? | | | |
| Do they work alone? | | | |
| Do they work late at night or during early morning hours? | | | |
| Is the workplace often understaffed? | | | |
| Is the workplace located in an area with a high crime rate? | | | |
| Do employees enter areas with a high crime rate? | | | |
| Do they have a mobile workplace (patrol vehicle, work van, etc.)? | | | |
| Do they deliver passengers or goods? | | | |
| Do employees perform jobs that might put them in conflict with others? | | | |
| Do they ever perform duties that could upset people (deny benefits, confiscate property, terminate child custody, etc.)? | | | |
| Do they deal with people known or suspected of having a history of violence? | | | |
| Do any employees or supervisors have a history of assault, verbal abuse, harassment, or other threatening behavior? | | | |
| Other risk factors - please describe: | | | |
