Guidelines For Security and Safety Of Health Care And Community Service Workers

From WorkSafe BC: “During the past two decades, we have seen a sharp increase in violence in our cities, country and society. Estimates show that nearly one-third of all Americans are victimized by crime each year (Poster & Ryan, 1989). Violence in the workplace is a manifestation of this problem, with homicide being the third leading cause of occupational death among all workers in the United States …” (Dated March 1998)

Department of Industrial Relations website