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What is workplace violence?Workplace violence is violence or the threat ofviolence against workers. It can occur at oroutside the workplace and can range fromthreats and verbal abuse to physical assaults andhomicide, one of the leading causes of job-relateddeaths.
Type 4: Violence committed in the workplace by someone who doesnât work there but has a personal relationship with an employee; this can be an abusive spouse or domestic partner. Ontarioâs Health & Safety Act (OHSA) defines workplace violence as: 1  The exercise of physical force by a person against a worker, in a workplace, that causes or could cause physical injury to the worker. 2  An attempt to exercise physical force against a worker, in a workplace, that could cause physical injury to the worker.