WORKPLACE VIOLENCE NEWS (continued)


Study Reports Workers Who Believe They Work In A Safe Environment Experience 32 Percent Fewer Injuries.


When it comes to workplace safety, the way workers perceive an organization's commitment to safety and work/life balance clearly matter. So report researchers at the University of Georgia's College of Public Health. The study -- which analyzed data from the 2002 General Social survey and the NIOSH Quality of Work Life module -- supports growing evidence that management and organizational factors play a critical role in creating safe workplaces. The findings, researchers say, confirm that workers who believe they work in a safe environment experience 32 percent fewer injuries.


Further, the research suggests that work/life balance isn't just a retention and morale issue, but also a safety issue. In situations in which work interfered with family life or family demands affected job performance, the researchers find that the risk for injury increased 37 percent.


Researchers believe the study sends a clear message to business leaders: "What managers do and don't do can make a big difference. The tendency is often to look backwards once an injury occurs, to find someone to blame," he says. "But what these findings, and other research, say is that you need to look further down in the causal chain."


In addition, the findings suggest a need to eliminate any walls that may exist between HR and occupational health and safety. HR has an important contribution to make when it comes to creating a culture that values safety, ranging from selecting the right people to putting in place the right work/life programs, he says.


To read more, click here A Day in the life of Private Security, Security by The Numbers


Here are the numbers, the good, the bad and the ugly for private security for the week of May 13 - 20, 2012 which reflects what we see every week.


More Than 20,000 Apprehensions-Arrests For Shoplifting Uniform Security Captured


6 Burglary Suspects 1 Homicide Suspect 2 Sexual Predators


Discovered 2 Dead Bodies- 1 Homicide Victim Security Officer Stopped Suicide Attempt


TSA Recovered 37 Guns And Assorted Weapons


Security Was Involved In 41 Armed Confrontations 2 Security Officers Were Robbed At Gunpoint 1 Security Officer Murdered 3 Shot


5 Stabbed/Slashed


1 Security Supervisor Lost His Finger During Fight 1 Security Officer Committed Suicide 900 Security Officer Assaults 1 Accidentally Shot Himself


Source: Private Officer International


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