Workplace Violence/Shooting Stats and Facts

FACTS

1. Shootings that result in homicides are by far the deadliest acts of violence that can occur in the workplace.
2. The investigators have concluded that the most common problems active shooters face in their lives are issues with mental health and financial stability.
3. The majority of assaults happen in private companies. Men are twice as likely to be the victims of violent crime at work compared to women.
4. Four out of ten corporate executives do not truly understand the gravity of this situation. Many do not even acknowledge the fact that violence occurs in their companies out of fear of bad reputation.
5. Active shooters are nearly twice as likely to die if the shooting occurs in a factory or warehouse, compared to commercial settings.
6. Copycat active shooter events often happen in clusters, with the risk of an active shooter in the workplace at its highest in the two weeks following a similar incident.
7. The FBI reported the highest number of accounts of workplace violence show that diverse groups were mostly targeted during their breaks at work.

STATS

• Around two million US workers experience workplace violence each year.
• Nearly 75% of all assaults happen in health care.
• 44% of school teachers reported workplace assaults.
• An 30,000 workplace sexual assaults happen to women each year.
• Co-workers commit 21% of all assaults that end in homicide at work.
• 27% of all mass shootings have occurred in the workplace.
• 96% of all shooters are lone males.
• 16% of all workplace fatalities are due to workplace violence
• It is estimated that 25 percent of workplace violence goes unreported