Workplace Violence Accidents 2

Security Guard Dies After Being Attacked (investigators are looking for clues that will help track down the suspect or suspects who attacked a 52-year-old security guard at a construction site – the construction worker who first showed up in the morning found him there, notified the police department – he was alone at the time – have not yet ruled out the possibility the guard may have interrupted a robbery)

Police arrest man accused of shooting co-worker with nail gun (police have apprehended a man they say tried to kill another man with a nail gun at a construction site – investigators arrested a 26-year-old man – officers found the man working at a construction site and took him into custody after a brief interview – the man was booked into the County Jail for investigation of attempted criminal homicide and vehicle theft – investigation revealed two men had been fighting that day – the arrested man shot the other man several times with the nail gun before speeding away in a stolen vehicle – the 31-year-old man who was shot is currently in the hospital in critical but stable condition)

Care worker stabbed to death at nursing home (a carer died after being stabbed at the nursing home where she worked – the woman died in hospital after being attacked at the home – a 54 year-old male resident has been arrested on suspicion of murder – police arrested a 54-year-old man at the scene who is a resident of the home – no other details)

The Blacksburgh Tragedy, What happened in Blacksburg, Va., Monday morning was no accident. But the effect on emotions was similar to a workplace fatality. The jolt is sudden, unexpected, shocking; the incident senseless, seemingly random and a horror. And what the campus community is now experiencing in the aftermath mirrors a workplace after a fatality.

Tragedy Turns Attention to Workplace Violence, Five faculty members were among the 32 people murdered April 16 on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The Virginia Tech massacre has renewed the focus on whether employers can and should do more to reduce the likelihood of violence at the workplace, especially in a low-risk occupational setting.

Police: Employee fatally shoots co-worker, injures wife before … (an employee opened fire at a wastewater treatment plant seriously wounding his estranged wife and killing a man before committing suicide – co-workers described the shooting as the result of a love triangle – the man, 50, entered the administrative part of the Wastewater Facility about 7 a.m. – the supervisor for office administration,41, was shot in his office and died at the scene – the shooter then went outside and shot his wife while she was in her car – she tried to drive away but hit a tree – the shooter was the pump station maintenance supervisor, and his wife was a maintenance worker – the two were getting divorced)

Police say worker dispute behind NASA shootings (the man took two of his co-workers hostage and shot one dead before releasing the other and then taking his own life – police believe the killing was over a poor job report that he blamed on his victim – the worker was shot repeatedly as he tried to barrricade himself in an office to keep the killer from returning)

Postal Worker Had History of Bizarre Behavior, Workplace violence is all too common nowadays. It is significant, though, that in many cases the person who commits the crime turns out to have exhibited strange or unsettling patterns of behavior before the incident. Sometimes these acts are simply “off” or mildly discomfiting. Other times, the person frightens people or makes threats. If someone in your office is displaying weird or frightening characteristics, the time to speak up is now; because that person may need help. Don’t wait until something terrible happens to let someone know. Read the fatality report at Safety|Smart!

Angry worker ‘burned down distillery in a £40m inferno’ (a disgruntled brewery supervisor burned down a distillery in a £40m blaze, after he complained to them of feeling undervalued and underpaid – the man, 56, is said to have become embittered after a security firm was brought in to do some of his jobs at the brewery)

Workplace Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured (a man fired from his job at a printing plant returned to his workplace and opened fire on three employees before killing himself – the shooting occurred at about 9 a.m., – three people were critically wounded and taken to area hospitals – the shooter, a fired employee, died on self-inflicted gunshot wound when SWAT entered)

Cops Hunt for Man Who Shot Woman in Florida Business … (a gunman chased his ex-girlfriend through her office, shooting at her over the cubicles and critically wounding her before fleeing, then turning himself in – the two had ended a relationship weeks earlier)

Man Douses Co-worker in Gasoline, At about 3 a.m. on March 1, contractor Stephen Kim was helping another worker clean the hippo tank at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom when a fight broke out. The argument started over a card game, and Kim in jail and his co-worker soaked in gas. Kim also allegedly threatened the man with a lighter. Read about the incident at the Orlando Sentinel

Disgruntled ex-employee prompts HazMat response (a recently fired employee from the plant sent a note to his ex-manager through the U.S. Mail with a written threat and some sort of unknown substance inside, prompting a brief hazardous materials response)

Trenton Police Department press release (the victim advised the officer that he had gotten into an argument with a co-worker concerning the victim receiving a telephone call – the victim advised that the co-worker grabbed him by the shoulder, which caused bodily injury to the victim – the officer noticed a visible injury to the victim – upon speaking to the co-worker, the officier was advised that he did grab the victim’s shoulder – the co-worker was arrested for Assault and transported to the County Sheriff’s Office jail)

Ex-worker opens fire in Caroline, kills supervisor one day after … (the maintenance supervisor in the county’s public school system was shot to death in his office – a 51-year-old man with three children and three grandchildren, was killed at the school division’s maintenance shop – a 66-year-old man is accused of entering the maintenance office arguing with him and shooting him multiple times – shooter is accused of assaulting another schools maintenance employee on his way out before driving to nearby General District Court and turning himself in – shooter used to work for the schools’ maintenance department but was let go the day before the shooting)

Chicago Skyscraper Gunmen Felt Cheated (police say the gunman in a fatal downtown office shooting, in which three people were killed before the gunman himself was fatally shot by police, felt he had been cheated over an invention – the shooter told a security guard just before the shooting that he had been cheated over his invention – he forced the guard to bring him up to the 38th floor, to the firm, which specialized in patents – the gunman, who was armed with a revolver, a knife and hammer, didn’t work in the office but demanded to see one of the victims who was killed – the gunman was carrying a manila envelope where he apparently hid the weapons)

Company Board Meeting Ends with Murder-Suicide, Office park was site of multiple murders involving investment firm, ::more on corporate & office parks::

4 wounded in Indianapolis workplace shooting (mom said it seemed like any other day when she dropped off her 24-year-old son at the plant where he’s worked for nearly two years – the man, 24, who takes medication to combat bipolar disorder, appeared fine as he stepped from the car and she pulled away into the pre-dawn darkness – her son had told her he was being teased at work and she had advised him to ignore it – shortly after he walked into the business he opened fire on co-workers – the four victims, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, had apparently angered him – he faces four counts of attempted murder and one count of carrying a handgun without a license – he told police the shooting arose from issues of “respect”)

Sewer Worker Shot During Robbery Attempt (around 9:30 p.m., a worker, 46, and his partner stopped for dinner and were getting back in their truck when a robber approached, shot the worker, then ran off)

Disgruntled worker wounds three colleagues (a 50-year-old man wounded three colleagues and then killed himself – the man was dismissed from the depot after being caught stealing diesel – it was a revenge attack after his dismissal – he and his three colleagues, two men and a woman, travelled to a disciplinary hearing – on their return to the police station, where the man’s car was parked, he shot them – one in the head, the second in the chest and the third in the neck – he then shot himself in the head and died on the scene)