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Workplace violence
 
Workplace violence is a major safety and health issue in today's workplace. Homicide is the third leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the U.S. Most violent incidents are predictable and preventable. As with other workplace hazards, it is the employer's responsibility to take reasonable measures to minimize the risk of workplace violence. Unions and workers should play an active role in any program designed to eliminate or minimize workplace violence.

  
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  An Analysis of Workplace Suicides, 1992-2001
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004)
Code of Practice on Workplace Violence in Services Sectors and Measures to Combat this Phenomenon (International Labour Office, 2004)
Conflict and Violence in the Food Safety Workplace - an action agenda for preventing workplace violence linked to the regulatory environment in the meat, poultry, and egg products industries (Milbank Memorial Fund, 2001)
Dealing with Workplace Violence: A Guide for Agency Planners (U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1998)
'Going Postal' Is A Myth (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2000)
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1998)
Guidelines For Security and Safety Of Health Care And Community Service Workers (California OSHA, 1998)
Injury and Illness Prevention Model Program for Workplace Security
(California OSHA, 1995)
International News Safety Institute
Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2001: An IFJ Report on Media Casualties in the Field of Journalism and Newsgathering (International Federation of Journalists, November 2001)
New York State Workplace Violence Prevention Act of 2006
Occupational Violence (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2003)
Prevención de la Violencia en el Trabajo: Enfoque de la Unión (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, 2000)
Preventing Workplace Violence: A Union Representative's Guidebook (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 1998)
Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments(Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1998)
Regional Variations in Workplace Homicide Rates (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003)
Resource List for Workplace Violence Prevention (Public Employees Federation)
Risk Factors and Protective Measures for Taxi and Livery Drivers (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act: An Overview and Advice to Locals (New York State United Teachers, 2001)
Security in the Workplace(Civil Service Employees Association Safety and Health Department, 1994)
Substance Abuse and Workplace Violence (U.S. Department of Labor, 1997)
Teens Affected By Workplace Violence: A report by the MassCOSH Teens Lead @ Work Peer Leaders and the Brazilian Immigrant Center GUMBWEB Peer Leaders (February 2005)
 Violence & Stress at Work in Services Sectors (International Labour Organization)
Violence and Harassment in the Workplace (European Foundation)
Violence at work (Home page for large International Labour Organization site)
Violence at Work: A Training Workbook For Working People (Labor Institute)
Violence in the Workplace: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies (NIOSH)
Violence in the Workplace: The New York State Experience (NYCOSH, 1995)
Violence in the Workplace: Scope, Warning Signs and Prevention (Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, 2002)
Violence: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2002)
Work-related Homicides: The Facts (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2000)
Work Related Violence (U.K. Health and Safety Executive)
Workplace Violence (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)
Workplace Violence (Transport Workers Union)
Workplace Violence (OSHA)
Workplace Violence, 1992-96 – Presents data for 1992 through 1996 from the National Crime Victimization Survey estimating the extent of workplace crime in the United States (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Workplace Violence: A Report to the Nation(University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, 2001)
Workplace Violence Awareness and Prevention, including a Workplace Violence Prevention Program (OSHA and the Long Island Coalition for Workplace Violence Awareness and Prevention; 1996)
Workplace Violence: Can You Close the Door On It? (American Nurses Association)
Workplace Violence Hearings, Testimony before New York State Hazard Abatement Board (New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health and others, June 2003)		  
   
Workplace violence news  
     
 

Park Service Reports Surge In Violence Against Rangers: Attacks, Threats and Fights Increase More Than Fivefold — It is getting more dangerous to be a forest ranger -- and it is not because of the animals. Attacks, threats and lesser fights involving Forest Service workers reached an all-time high last year, according to government documents obtained by a public employees advocacy group. Incidents ranged from gunshots to stalking and verbal abuse. The agency tally shows 477 such reports in 2005, compared with 88 logged a year earlier. The total in 2003 was 104; in 1995, it was 34. ( Associated Press, June 27, 2006)

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