Investigation Enumerates Traits of Violence-Prone Employees. Stephanie Armour.
by Armour, Stephanie; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 79Institutions. Publisher: USA Today, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Criminal behavior -- Prediction of | Employees -- Conduct of life | Occupational mortality | Risk assessment | Violence in the workplace | Violent crimesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A choking haze filled the hallways, spreading like an impenetrable fog. Larry Hansel, a technician who'd been laid off from Elgar, a San Diego-based electronics company, shot out the company switchboard and set off homemade bombs. They were diversionary tactics. As fire scorched the walls and employees scrambled for cover, Hansel wielded a 12-gauge shotgun and searched the second-floor corridors for executives on his hit list. He found at least some of the victims he was looking for. Hansel shot and killed a vice president and a sales manager. Then, as stunned employees looked on, he calmly mounted his bike and pedaled away, a shotgun tucked under one arm." (USA TODAY) This article presents "the findings of a USA TODAY investigation into employees who kill, an investigation that also found employers' lax attitudes toward workplace violence leave many workers at risk."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Investigation Enumerates Traits of Violence-Prone Employees, July 14, 2004; pp. n.p..
"A choking haze filled the hallways, spreading like an impenetrable fog. Larry Hansel, a technician who'd been laid off from Elgar, a San Diego-based electronics company, shot out the company switchboard and set off homemade bombs. They were diversionary tactics. As fire scorched the walls and employees scrambled for cover, Hansel wielded a 12-gauge shotgun and searched the second-floor corridors for executives on his hit list. He found at least some of the victims he was looking for. Hansel shot and killed a vice president and a sales manager. Then, as stunned employees looked on, he calmly mounted his bike and pedaled away, a shotgun tucked under one arm." (USA TODAY) This article presents "the findings of a USA TODAY investigation into employees who kill, an investigation that also found employers' lax attitudes toward workplace violence leave many workers at risk."
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