from the WSIB Violence can happen in any workplace. However, people whose jobs involve any of the following factors are at increased risk of workplace violence: Contact with the public Exchange of money Delivery of passengers, goods, or services Having a mobile workplace (such as a vehicle) Working with unstable or volatile people Working alone [...]

There are many stories of disgruntled workers returning to their former workplaces and killing people. Or at least threatening to do so. In March 2007, Michael Hiner was fired from his job at Grand Caverns. Hiner returned later in the day to confront his ex-boss with a gun. In order to help explain how to [...]

By JENNIFER STEWART, TheChronicleHerald.ca With every signature they get, Sarah and Margaret Densmore feel they’re that much closer to making Nova Scotia a safer place to work. The Dartmouth women were out again Tuesday lobbying for higher labour standards that, among other things, would require employers to have a minimum of two workers on every [...]

By MAGGIE TAIT – NZPA, New Zealand A company is being hit with a $1 million bill because ACC says the shooting of an employee in its carpark was a workplace accident. Joel Storey was left paralysed from the waist down after what was believed to have been a botched gang shooting in the carpark [...]

from the Center for Personal Protection and Safety SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 17, 2007 — Shots Fired!…the last thing one would ever expect to hear in a workplace or university. The odds of being involved in an “active shooter” situation are similar to being struck by lightning. But lightning does strike, and active shooter situations happen, [...]

from CCH Human Resources Management Studies suggest that a staggering percentage of U.S. corporations have done nothing to address the issue of workplace violence. Less than 20 percent of American corporations report having taken the relatively simple step of developing a workplace violence policy—a major under-reaction likely caused by the acceptance of faulty beliefs. For [...]