WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
July 21, 2006 was a day just like any other. Elartrice “Marcell” Ingram reported to work at 8:00 a.m. as usual. His associate in the seafood department reported everything was fine with no evidence of trouble, but by the end of the day Elartrice had stabbed seven coworkers at the Cordova Schnucks in Memphis, TN. He was found guilty by reason of insanity and a little over a year later his doctors testify that he is ready to be released with family supervision. His victims still have concern that it has not been long enough and that he may snap again. Is this considered to be workplace violence?
In 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina an employee who admitted to his family that he had been harassed by his associates became irritated when he was fired and returned to work and killed two of his coworkers. Do we consider this violence in the workplace?
Any day, any job, imagine you are sitting at your desk and you over hear two coworkers arguing. When they notice others observing they retreat and go back to their work with no resolution to the situation. Does this situation appear to be workplace violence?
There are things we believe we know about workplace violence but are only myths. Dennis Davis, president of the Help Center in Vista, California spoke about some of the myths in a SHRM’s Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas in June of 2007.
Myth Realizat ...