Assaulted At Work By Coworker, Hr Hasn’t Even Talked To Me

Hi, I’m employed with an inventory service which does jobs all over my state. A few days ago my coworker put me in a headlock, called me slurs and tried to wring my neck. He left bruises on me and I’ve got pictures and a medical record that diagnoses me with manual strangulation. This happened in the company vehicle, with several other people watching. This person has been at the company for 23 years, and I’m basically still a new hire at about 7 months.

HR never contacted me once; I only ever got their thoughts through my DM, who told me that “they couldn’t find enough evidence to discipline him”. I’m in the process of filling out a restraining order against him and my boss hasn’t outright demanded that I come back in, but they aren’t making any further effort to schedule me around my abuser, and if I go back in, I’ll have to be around the guy who tried to hurt me for often 10 hours or more at a time.

I’m really upset at how this has been handled and I’m in the process of talking to a real employment lawyer, but if anyone has any other helpful advice I could sure use it. Thank you.