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:: Saturday, November 13, 2004 ::

Killings at job sites soaring By Shelly Whitehead, The Cincinnati Post
The cost to American business from workplace violence is $120 billion a year, he said. The average jury award is $3.1 million per person per incident.

'The powerful part about this is workplace violence is completely avoidable -- and it's never spontaneous,' he said.

Those who commit violence on the job are usually men, almost always loners who feel bullied constantly and tend to be fascinated with weapons, he said.

Generally, Viollis said two things set them off -- fear of losing their jobs or feeling constantly 'picked on.' Then, he said, a continuum toward violence begins, usually with threats to a co-worker about hurting someone else at work.

'I've yet to see a case where the perpetrator didn't tell at least five people what they were thinking and what they were going to do,' Viollis said.

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