Workplace Violence

There is little debate that workplace violence is an issue

that deserves considerable attention from public and pri-

vate executives, policy makers, and law enforcement.

Homicide, the third-leading cause of workplace fatalities,

emphasizes that point. According to the Bureau of Labor

Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI),

there were 639 homicides in the workplace during 2001

and 8786 total fatalities in the workplace that same year.