Occupational violence is any form of danger aimed at someone at work, from verbal harassment to violent attacks. This may cause psychological problems, physical damage, or even death. Violence may happen in any workplace and among any employee. However, transportation, protective services, and marketing employees are at a higher risk of deadly violence. In contrast, healthcare and social support professionals are at a higher risk of non-fatal abuse that causes them to miss work.
Any abuse, including screaming or cursing at another employee, and psychological traumas such as intimidating conduct, obscene phone calls, threats, near suicides, rapes, shootings, suicides, stabbings, and beatings, are all examples.