Workplace Violence Types
Type I Violence: Workplace violence committed by a person who has no legitimate business at the worksite and includes violent acts by anyone who enters the workplace or approaches workers with the intent to commit a crime.
Type II Violence: Workplace violence directed at employees by customers, clients, patients, students, or visitors.
Type III Violence: Workplace violence against an employee by a present or former employee.
Type IV Violence: Workplace violence committed in the workplace by a person who does not work there but has or is known to have had a personal relationship with the employee.