从 2020 年到 2021 年，大约五分之一的工作场所暴力由严重的暴力犯罪构成，而攻击占针对就业人员的工作场所暴力的近 80%。

在  2020 年到 2021 年的工作场所凶杀案中，受雇于销售或办公室职业的个人占受害者的三分之一。枪击案约占所有工作场所凶杀案的 80%。

从 2020 年到 2021 年，38% 的工作场所杀人犯是劫匪，32% 是其他袭击者。工作伙伴——包括现任和前任同事、客户和客户——约占工作场所杀人犯的 21%。配偶、亲戚和其他熟人约占袭击者的 8%。

这些调查结果表明，组织需要保持警惕并继续改进工作场所暴力预防计划，以降低发生事件的风险。开发安全、可靠的工作场所的关键不是被动的零容忍政策，而是主动创建具有安全意识的环境和企业文化。

培养一支敬业、道德的员工队伍，并制定明确的准则来识别和处理潜在威胁，这对于避免工作场所暴力至关重要。例如，组织应主动向适当的部门处理任何警告标志或同事的评论或投诉。安全专业人员还应参与离职面谈，以影响确定任何潜在问题或个人的问题。

背景筛查计划是降低工作场所暴力事件风险和帮助组织营造安全意识环境的关键步骤。来自广泛的地方、州和联邦来源的新的综合犯罪记录数据库和犯罪记录存储库能够为组织提供经济高效的国家犯罪记录搜索，提高雇主筛选候选人背景中的暴力和犯罪活动的能力。

观火 的新Widescreen Plus 国家犯罪记录搜索提供了业内最全面的国家犯罪历史检查。有效的背景筛查有助于确保工作场所的安全，促进高质量的招聘，并确保员工的安全和保障是组织的重中之重。

Among homicides in the workplace between 2005 and 2009, individuals employed in sales or office occupations accounted for a third of the victims. Shootings accounted for approximately 80 percent of all workplace homicides.

From 2005-2009, 38 percent of workplace homicide offenders were robbers and 32 percent were other assailants. Work associates — including current and former co-workers, customers and clients — accounted for approximately 21 percent of workplace homicide offenders. Spouses, relatives and other personal acquaintances accounted for about eight percent of assailants.

These findings indicate the need for organizations to be vigilant and continue improving workplace violence prevention programs to reduce the risk of incidents. The key to developing a safe, secure workplace isn’t reactive zero-tolerance policies, but proactively creating a security-conscious environment and corporate culture.

Fostering an engaged, ethical workforce with clear guidelines for identifying and handling potential threats is critical to avoiding workplace violence. For example, organizations should proactively address any warning signs or co-worker comments or complaints to the appropriate department. Security professionals should also be involved in exit interviews to influence questions that identify any potential issues or individuals.

A background screening program is a critical step for reducing the risk of workplace violence incidents and helping organizations develop a security-conscious environment. New comprehensive criminal records databases and criminal records repositories from a wide range of local, state and federal sources enable cost-effective national criminal records searches for organizations, improving employers’ ability to screen for violent and criminal activity in a candidate’s background.

HireRight’s new Widescreen Plus national criminal records search offers among the industry’s most comprehensive national criminal history checks. Effective background screening helps ensure a secure workplace by promoting high-quality hiring and providing employees with assurance that their safety and security is a high priority for the organization.