Preventing Homicide in the Workplace [1995]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This Alert was intended to identify high risk occupations and workplaces, inform employers and workers about their risk, encourage employers and workers to evaluate risk factors in their workplaces and implement protective measures, and encourage researchers to gather more details regarding occupational homicide and develop and evaluate protective measures. The highest number of homicides were reported to occur at retail trade locations. Service type industries had the second highest number. Workplaces with the highest rates included taxicab establishments, liquor stores, gas stations, detective/protective services, justice/public order establishments, grocery stores, jewelry stores, hotels/motels, and eating and drinking places. The occupation with the highest rate of occupational homicide was taxicab driver/chauffeur, with a rate 21 times the national average. Other high risk occupations included law enforcement officers, hotel clerks, gas station workers, security guards, stock handlers, store owners, and bartenders. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  WARNING! Workers in certain industries and occupations are at increased risk of homicide.
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Food Handling Food Industry Homicide Law Enforcement Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Risk-factors; Epidemiology; Law-enforcement-workers; Mortality-data; Service-station-attendants; Service-industries; Food-services; Traumatic-injuries; Retail-workers
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 93-109, 1993 Sep; :1-9 ; Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 93-109, 1993 Sep; :1-9
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; NIOSH Numbered Publications  
• Subseries:
  Alert ; Alert
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00217025
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-134038
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a274efaf21620ac9df76acd30f91759377f731fe876d3669a8bc6bef1c7ae1438f4cae5bb87cfd6cd1c133a5fd05d5841e6f7ee7f74b52d4cdd3952fd355f4af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112566/cdc_112566_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 213.37 KB ]