Has it ever occurred to you that you might be dejected as you compile this month's sales figures, witness a review of an upcoming briefing or just having coffee with a colleague while talking about plans for the upcoming weekend? Maybe that should be the case, it crossed my mind several times after listening on the phone to the panic, screams, and faint sound of gunfire going on at the Washington Navy Yard. Despite my training and years of experience it seems retirement has dulled my eyesight somewhat, I put those lenses back in and took a good look at the building I work in 40-50 hours a week and I see now that it's a potential slaughterhouse. . A design accentuated by limited exits within sight of each other, enclosed office spaces, and limited internal locks would provide advantages to an active shooter with even limited skills. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides an annual count of fatal workplace injuries in the United States, including workplace homicides. From 2006 to 2010, an average of 551 workers were killed each year as a result of work-related homicides. In 2010 (the latest year for which definitive data is available), CFOI reported a total of 518 workplace homicides, accounting for 11 percent of all fatal workplace injuries that occurred that year. In total, 77 of these were multiple-fatality homicides in which two or more workers were killed, including 69 homicides and 8 suicides by assailants, all of whom were on the job at the time of the incident. These numbers were made public due to recent tragedies across the country, such as Sandy Hook Elementary School (2012), Virginia Tech (2007), and Fort Hood (2007). The second Amen...... middle of paper ....../wv09.pdf.Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, "National Consensus of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2011 (Preliminary Results)" , press release, January 12, 2012, 2, accessed October 12, 2012. 2012, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf. National Center for Victims of Crime. (2012). www.victimsofcrime.org/library/crime-information-and-statistics/workplace-violenceWitter, D. (2010). Individual gun rights, gun laws and franchising: Why franchisors can't ignore the controversy. Journal of Franchise Law, 29(4), 229-252. Retrieved from https://web-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/ehost/detailAxtman, K. and Clayton, M. (August 12, 2005). Worker's rights or danger in the workplace? (Cover story). Christian Science Monitor, 01-10. Retrieved from https://web-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/ehosthttps://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table