Preventing Homicide in the Workplace

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  WARNING! Workers in certain industries and occupations are at increased risk of homicide.
  
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests assistance in preventing homicide in the workplace. From 1980 to 1989, homicide was the third leading cause of death from injury in the workplace, according to data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) Surveillance System [NIOSH 1993]. Occupational homicides accounted for approximately 7,600 deaths during this period–or 12% of all deaths from injury in the workplace. Only motor vehicles and machines accounted for more occupational deaths from injury.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Number and Characteristics of Victims -- High-Risk Workplaces and Occupations -- Circumstances of Homicide in the Workplace -- Current OSHA Regulations -- Possible Risk Factors and Preventive Measures -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References.
• Subjects:
  Homicide/prevention & Control Occupational Health Workplace
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Interactive Resource
• Genre:
  Webpage
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00217025
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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