Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 44 of 53 8 WORK PLAC E V IOL ENCE BULL YING HARA S SME N T PROGR AM Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 017 B P age Nu m b e r 1 of 7 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e J a nua r y 1 2013 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e J ul y 1 2012 10 P U R P OS E B e lt e r ra C orpor a ti on is c omm it ted to a wor k e nvir onment that is fr e e of vio lenc e bull y in g a nd ha ra ssm e nt and on e in w hich a ll indi viduals a re tr e a ted w it h re sp e c t and di g nit y This W orkpla c e Violenc e B ull y in g a nd Ha ra ssm e nt P ro g r a m has be e n e stablis he d to provi de a c le a r sta teme nt on a the de finiti on of wor kpla c e viol e nc e a nd wh a t does a nd wha t do e s not c on sti tut e bull y in g a nd ha ra ssm e nt b role s a nd re sponsi bil it ies of B e lt e rr a s supe rvisor s a nd e mpl o y e e s in add re s sing a nd pr e ve nti n g wor kplac e viol e n c e bull y i n g a nd h a ra ssm e nt c the pr oc e ss fo r r e po rting viol e nc e bull y in g a nd ha ra ssm e nt a nd d the pr oc e ss fo r r e spondi n g to and inve sti g a ti n g r e p orts of viol e nc e bull y in g a nd ha ra ssm e nt 20 DEF INITI ONS 21 WORKP L AC E VIOL E NC E W orkpla c e viol e nc e is d e fine d a s the e x e rc ise of ph y sic a l f orc e b y a p e rson a ga inst a wor ke r in a wor kpl a c e that c a use s or c ould c a use ph y sic a l i njur y to t he wor ke r a n a tt e mpt to ex e rc ise ph y s ica l for c e a g a inst a wor ke r in a wor k pl a c e th a t could c a use ph y sic a l inj ur y to a w o rke r a state ment or be h a vior t ha t i s re a sona ble for a w orke r to int e rpr e t as a thr e a t t o e x e rc ise ph y sica l for c e a g a inst the w ork e r in a w orkpla c e that c oul d c a use ph y sic a l i njur y to the w orke r 22 B ULL YIN G AN D HAR ASS M E NT B ull y in g a nd h a r a ssm e nt i s de fine d a s includi n g b ut not li mi ted to a a n y in a pprop ria t e c onduc t or c omm e nt b y a pe rson towa rds a wo rke r tha t t h e pe rson kne w or re a sona bl y ou g ht t o ha v e known w ould ca use th a t wor ke r to be humi li a ted or inti mi da ted but b e x c ludi ng a n y re a sona ble a c ti on take n b y a n e mpl o y e r or supe rvisor re l a ti ng to t he man a g e ment a nd dire c ti on of wo rke rs or the plac e o f e mpl o y me nt