Workplace shootings

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• Personal Author:
  Hartley D
• Description:
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) database recorded 7,606 workplace homicides for the 1997 through 2008 time period (BLS, 2009). Seventy-nine percent or 6,011 , of these homicides resulted from shooting incidents. Stabbings accounted for 680 of the homicides and hitting, kicking, and beating accounted for 479 (BLS, 2009a). Figure 1 illustrates the correlation between workplace homicides and fatal workplace shootings. Non firearm-related workplace homicides remained fairly constant over the twelve year period. Workplace homicides and workplace shooting homicides follow relatively the same trend . For incidents where the victim-perpetrator association was known, the perpetrators in these fatal workplace shootings were mostly robbers and other assailants (78.6 percent). Work associates were responsible for 14.1 percent of the fatal workplace shootings. Spouses and other relatives accounted for 3.6 percent, while other personal acquaintances accounted for 3.7 percent. Workplace shootings are a serious concern for any workplace. In the United States, the majority of workplace shootings occur in the retail industry making implementation of OSHA's "Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments" an important consideration for preventing many of these incidents annually. For all workplaces, having a proactive prevention program in place is the first step towards eliminating or reducing these tragic events (NIOSH, 2006). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mortality-data Mortality-rates Retail-workers Surveillance
• ISBN:
  9780313386701
• Publisher:
  ABC-CLIO
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041882
• Citation:
  Guns in American society: an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law, second edition. Carter GL ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012 May; 1:945-950
• Editor(s):
  Carter GL
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Guns in American society: an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194310/cdc_194310_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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