By Steve Giegerich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch An interview last week with Canadian security expert Ross Arrowsmith about the ABB Inc. shootings that left four dead on Jan. 7, including the gunman, left me with a couple of recurring thoughts. First, there is the Website that drew me to Arrowsmith, the co-founder of workplaceviolencenews.com, in the [...]

By Steve Giegerich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Four days after one of their employees opened fire on eight co-workers, killing three before turning a weapon on himself, the ABB Inc. leadership team convened to discuss the next step in the aftermath of the nation’s latest case of workplace violence. “The decision was unanimous and immediate,” said [...]

Press Release from PRWeb.com EmployeeScreenIQ will host an interactive roundtable of HR and legal experts on Wednesday, January 20 to discuss the growing problem of workplace violence and help companies protect their employees. Deadly employee shootings have erupted in St. Louis, San Diego and Fort Hood, Texas, yet many organizations continue to be unprepared. Most [...]

By Mark Guarino, csmonitor.com The shooting at ABB Group in St. Louis Thursday that ended with four people dead, including the shooter, raises the prospect that the recession could be a strong contributor to workplace violence. The Associated Press reports that the shooter, Timothy Hendron, was among several plant employees suing the company and its [...]

By Cheryl Mercedes, WAFB.com An expert explains why he thinks the number of incidents of workplace violence keep climbing. Research shows over 1.5 million workers are assaulted on the job now, which is nearly double the number of victims of attacks on the job from the year 2000. Malcolm Douglas is a graduate of Cambridge [...]

from MyFoxTampaBay.com After two deadly shootings in separate states just two days apart, many are asking if there was any way to see it all coming. The victims and settings of the shootings were different, but they had one thing in common: both are chilling examples of workplace violence. “Certainly we’re seeing more people get [...]

By Douglas Clark, Fox23.com Two mass shootings in two days. Friday a gunman opened fire inside an office building in downtown Orlando. And we know the shooting suspect from Fort Hood, army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hassan, was shot four times and is in a coma. He’s accused of killing 13 people and wounded 38 others. [...]

By Christina Mora, NBC2 With two horrible cases of workplace violence in two days, NBC2 wanted to know what provokes such rage in people that they take it out on their co-workers. We spoke to experts and got some answers. Police say Jason Rodriguez is responsible for killing one and wounding five others at his [...]