Potential Violent Situation (Hostage, disgruntled, unstable individual)
Potential Violent Situation (Hostage, disgruntled, unstable individual) : Any act of physical violence, threats of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening, disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site. Workplace violence can affect or involve employees, visitors, contractors, and any others present including children. The following are warning indicators of potential workplace violence: (1) Intimidating, harassing, bullying, belligerent, or other inappropriate and aggressive behavior. (2) Numerous conflicts with customers, co?workers, or supervisors. (3) Bringing a weapon to the workplace (unless necessary for the job), making inappropriate references to guns, or making idle threats about using a weapon to harm someone. (4) Statements showing fascination with incidents of workplace violence, statements indicating approval of the use of violence to resolve a problem, or statements indicating identification with perpetrators of workplace homicides. (5) Statements indicating desperation (over family, financial, and other personal problems) to the point of contemplating suicide. (6) Direct or veiled threats of harm. (7) Substance abuse. (8) Extreme changes in normal behaviors. (The USDA Handbook on Workplace Violence Prevention and Response)
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