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[Music] what is workplace violence workplace violence describes violence or a threat of violence against workers it can happen at or outside of the workplace it varies from threats and verbal abuse to physical harm and homicide it's one of the leading causes of job-related deaths however it happens workplace violence is a big concern for employers and employees across the country various actions in a work environment can cause workplace violence for example anger over punishment or getting fired or a customer refusing to follow the rules of the business it can also come from a non-work related situation such as domestic violence road rage or hate crimes a hate crime involves violence and intolerance against a person because of their race country of origin religion sexual orientation or a disability workplace violence can be caused by an abusive employee manager supervisor co-worker customer family member or stranger whatever or whoever the cause is workplace violence is never accepted