Societal Cost of Workplace Homicides in the United States, 1992–2001

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• Personal Author:
  Biddle, Elyce A. ; Hartley D ; Jenkins, E. Lynn
• Description:
  The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) reported 8,672 workplace homicide victims between 1992 and 2001. Although rarely calculated, cost estimates are important for prevention and research efforts. Societal costs were estimated using the cost-of-illness approach applied to CFOI data. The cost calculation model incorporated medical expenses, future earnings summed from the year of death until the year the decedent would have been 67, and household production losses (includes activities such as child care and housework). Workplace homicide had a total cost of nearly 6.5 billion dollars and a mean cost of 800,000 dollars between 1992 and 2001. The retail trade industry division had the highest number of homicides and total cost, 2.1 billion dollars, for males and 556,000 dollars for females. Estimates of the cost of work-related homicides can be used to improve occupational injury prevention and control program planning, policy analysis, evaluation of safety and health interventions, and advocacy for a safer work environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Sex Characteristics Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workplace Violence Demographic-characteristics Evaluation Research Intervention Research Models Mortality-data Mortality-rates NIOSH Occupational-hazards Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-research Sex-factors Societal Costs Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Workers Workplace Homicide

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  47
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027214
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2005 Jun; 47(6):518-527
• Contact Point Address:
  Daniel Hartley, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS 1811, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888
• Email:
  DHartley@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6133b4ae8f85a335f129cefa7d5a7a097f83c9f9226f965f04800026da9da8603b5b721413de341a1fd72db1f563bc4668ba27fef08526459c01c6f5afbea4be
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197508/cdc_197508_DS1.pdf
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