Workplace Violence

Workplace violence has emerged as an important safety and health issue in today's workplace. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the third-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States.

UWM is committed to providing a safe and healthy place for our faculty, staff and students to work and learn. A person who believes that he or she has been the target of workplace violence should report it to the University Police and/or to his or her supervisor, manager or an appropriate administrator.

The non-emergency number for the University Police is x4627. If you believe you are in imminent danger, please contact the University Police by calling x9-911 from a campus phone or 229-9911 from a cellphone.

UWM Resources:

• UWM's policy on "Employee Workplace Violence" , December, 2003

Other Resources

• Violence in the Workplace: Issues in Response FBI Report, Released March 1, 2004
• Workplace Violence Prevention, Wisconsin Department of Administration, May 28, 2003
• Workplace Violence & Threats Prevention Resource Manual, Wisconsin Department of Administration manual to accompany "Workplace Violence" video
• Workplace Violence, Video produced by the Wisconsin Department of Administration
• Wisconsin Administrative Code: Chapter 18 Conduct on University Lands
• Occupational Violence, Centers for Disease Control, NIOSH
• Workplace Violence Prevention Tips and Tools to Prepare Workforce, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, December, 2003
• CCOHS: Violence in the Workplace
• OSHA Workplace Violence Health and Safety Topics
• Stress at Work, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-101 (1999), 32 pages
• Dealing with Workplace Violence, United States Office of Personnel Management

Updated June 28, 2007 by SAK