The author believes only a few workplace murders are committed by disgruntled employees or ex-employees; rather, about 75 percent are committed during robberies. A Federal census of workplace homicides, released in August 1994, found that 59 employees were killed by coworkers or former coworkers in 1993, or 1 in 2.1 million people. In comparison, the National Weather Service puts the odds of getting struck by lightning at 1 in 600,000. Therefore, the author concludes that workplace violence is a false crisis and that workplace murder is a rare event. He cites study and survey data to support his contention and indicates that violence statistics are not put in perspective by the media and by employers themselves. 1 figure