An examination of strategies for preventing workplace homicides committed by perpetrators that have a prior relationship with the workplace or its employees

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• Personal Author:
  Casteel C ; Gurka KK ; Loomis DP ; Marshall SW ; Richardson DB ; Runyan, Carol W.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To determine whether recommended robbery prevention strategies also protect against workplace homicide committed by a perpetrator who has a relationship with either the workplace or an employee (prior-relationship homicide). METHODS: A case-control study examining the relationship between recommended violence prevention strategies and prior-relationship workplace homicides in North Carolina was conducted. RESULTS: Workplaces located in an industrial park, employing minorities, reporting a history of violence, open night hours, or open 24 hours were more likely to experience prior-relationship homicide. Keeping entrances to the workplace locked when employees were present (OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.99) and having at least one security device (OR = 0.28, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.74) decreased the odds of prior-relationship homicide. CONCLUSIONS: Select strategies recommended to prevent robberies and subsequent violence may also afford protection against prior-relationship homicide. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Case-studies Etiology Exposure-levels Force Hazards Humans Psychological-reactions Psychological-responses Psychology Sociological-factors Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Nebraska ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041968
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Dec; 54(12):1533-1538
• Contact Point Address:
  Kelly K. Gurka, MPH, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Injury Control Research Center,West Virginia University, PO Box 9151, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  kgurka@hsc.wvu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194356/cdc_194356_DS1.pdf
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