Everyday acts of workplace violence affect more than a million Americans each year. A federal study published last year found an annual average of 1.3 million nonfatal workplace violence incidents ...

Violence has been increase 5.3% annually according to a survey from National Council on Compensation Insurance.

At a time when indiscriminate violence permeates American life, it has become a mind-numbing staple that often leads the nation's 24/7 news cycle. Acts of fury inevitably spill into the workplace ...

Have you noticed lately that people are becoming at work being more aggressive, less patient and well - mean? If you have - you’re not alone - especially at work. Workplace violence is a pervasive ...

A comprehensive plan that the University has developed and implemented to prevent workplace violence. The plan includes procedures for reporting, investigating, and responding to incidents of ...

Instances of workplace violence, like verbal and physical threats or assaults, aren't new phenomena. However, the environment we're operating in today feels markedly different. High-profile incidents ...

Health care workers are five times as likely to experience workplace violence as other workers, according to government data. In a National Nurses United survey in 2022, 40 percent of hospital nurses ...

Stephanie Woods’ scariest moment as a nurse came when she was thrown against a wall by a patient who was more than twice her size. Woods, who is now the dean of the college of nursing at Texas Woman’s ...

On October 25, 2021, a customer named Jacob Bergquist, with a history of violating the Boise Towne Square Mall’s firearms ban, opened fire at the mall. The shooting in the Idaho mall led to the deaths ...

Workplace violence can appear in a number of different—and harmful—ways. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), workplace violence is defined as “any act or threat of ...

Ivette Palomeque has endured plenty of threats as a registered nurse in Houston, but she’s still shaken by the memory of a family threatening to shoot her and her colleagues at a local hospital. The ...

Given the unique working conditions in maritime settings, understanding the prevalence and determinants of workplace violence is essential for developing effective targeted interventions for ...