Based upon analysis of workplace violence incidents, common warning signs appear. For those working outside and in dangerous neighborhoods, it is important that both employer and employee become street smart. There is a need to quickly recognize groups of people intently watching the employee or work activities. Buildings need to be carefully assessed for entrances and exits. Interior hazards to human safety have to be quickly identified and avoided.
Examples are booby traps, unsafe structural members, poor lighting, fire exposures, and animals.
Employees and managers need to know when to work in certain areas. Early in the day activities are safer than after-school activities in drug dealing areas. The employee needs to blend in with the ethnic and working class environment. Work-site locations need to have vulnerability reduction measures present. Employment termination issues are common.