Homicide and assault

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lipscomb, Jane A.
• Description:
  A significant number of workplace fatalities and injuries occur each year in the United States. In any given week, approximately 20 workers are murdered and thousands are assaulted while working. The definition of violence in the workplace includes verbal threats, threatening behavior, physical assault, and homicide. Four basic types of workplace violence, defined by the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, have been identified: 1. Type I-Violence by strangers where the assailant has no legitimate business relationship to the workplace (for example, entering the workplace to commit a robbery). 2. Type II-Violence by customers (current or former) or clients (patients, prisoners, students, passengers), usually to those who provide direct service to the public. 3. Type III-Violence by current or former co-workers/employees, supervisors, or managers who often seek revenge for perceived unfair treatment. 4. Type IV-Violence by an assailant who confronts an individual in the workplace with whom an outside personal relationship exists. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Force Injuries Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-environment Workers
• ISBN:
  9780875530437
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  253-256
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042117
• Citation:
  Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition. Levy BS, Wagner GR, Rest KM, Weeks JL, eds. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2005 Jan; :253-256
• Editor(s):
  Levy BS; Wagner GR; Rest KM; Weeks JL.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Maryland - School of Nursing - Baltimore
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20020930
• Source Full Name:
  Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition
• End Date:
  20090929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a4039c220f4942f3421dd8eff8db695b5e93a259f317347229470340540686384add28cf8d7396e9085956c5b977f24a79ae117d4781c8772bc97ffee09603f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194442/cdc_194442_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.61 MB ]