January Chapter Meeting

Topic: Workplace Violence, Women, and What You Need to Do

More and more, safety professionals are being tasked with understanding and mitigating the risk of workplace violence.  Companies are trying to learn their liability and their legal requirements. In fact, while the leading cause of death of men in the workplace is roadway incidents, the leading cause of death for women in the workplace is homicide. With many organizations admitting they have no workplace violence prevention program, even fewer address the risk that domestic violence can have on their organization. Business leaders agree that domestic violence is a problem that affects their workplaces.

This presentation seeks to inform attendees of the very real risk to their business from workplace violence, specifically intimate partner violence. This session will answer the questions that safety professionals and executives will have. What is our risk? What is our liability? What are we required to do? Can we actually prevent events like these? Can we terminate the person who is bringing this risk to us and should we? When the risk to your business and your employees is from an outside source, like an employee’s spouse, how can you control and mitigate that risk? This discussion will shed light on the potential risks from workplace violence to all workers, delve specifically into domestic violence and the risk to female workers, and discuss appropriate precautions that an organization can and must take in order to properly mitigate their risk.

Speaker: Camille Oakes, CSP

Camille Oakes, CSP is a safety professional with 10 years of experience in a multitude of industries including logistics and supply chain, government and military. She is a Senior Global Safety Specialist for MSC Industrial Supply, a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. Camille holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Safety and Engineering Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Bachelor’s degree in Safety Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In 2015, Camille led MSC Atlanta to receive the Superior Safety Performance Award in the State of Georgia. Camille is passionate about engaging all levels of an organization to enhance their safety management system.

Meeting Details

Pre-registration will allow Georgia Power Security to pre-print your visitors’ badge and will save you time. In the front foyer, centered in the room will be Guest Relations where you can pick up your visitor’s badge (or get it printed).  They can also give you directions to the meeting room location. In the meeting room, you will find the ASSE Registration table where you will check in and pay your fee. ($10 for ASSE members and $15 for guests).  After check-in you will receive a $10 meal voucher to use in the GA Power food court where you will have the option to choose from different food vendors.  You can bring your meal back to the meeting room for the chance to meet and talk with other members/guests.  We would suggest that you arrive at the meeting early to beat the GA Power lunch crowd and start networking.

To pre-register, please complete this form by Thursday January 5, 2017

When: The meeting starts at 12:00 noon, registration/lunch starts at 11:30am

Meeting Dues: Includes $10 food voucher for the cafeteria
$10 for ASSE members who pre-register
$15 for Non Members and Members that do not pre-register

How to Pay:
Paypal below.

Cash/Check, at the meeting room – Please note we cannot accept credit/debit cards at the door- if you wish to pay by card, please pay via Paypal.

If you’re going to have lunch, why not lunch, learn, and network? See you there!