June 28, 1994

MEMORANDUM FOR:        REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
                       OSHA DIRECTORATE HEADS

THROUGH:               JIM STANLEY
                       Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary

FROM:                  SUSAN FOX
                       Special Assistant for Violence in the
                       Workplace

                       STEVE MALLINGER
                       Acting Director
                       Directorate of Technical Support

SUBJECT:               Central Repository for Violence in the Workplace
                       Materials

A task force to compile information on violence in the workplace has been established and this information will reside in a central location so as to be available to other Agency staff.

In support of these activities, the Technical Data Center (TDC) (202-219-7500) will be maintaining a file containing reference materials on violence in the workplace. Materials can be forwarded to TDC, where they will be cataloged and filed. Since this is not a docket, copyright laws may preclude TDC from making copies of some of these materials for distribution. Many journal references have been ordered through the inter-library loan. As these are received, a bibliographic listing will be made available.

To make the information contained within the file more accessible to other offices, a database will be put up within OCIS in the next two months and updated as new materials are received at TDC. For questions on the OCIS database, call the OCIS help desk (801-487-0680 ext 234).