Women as Victims of Workplace Violence

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  What is the hazard? In Kentucky, from 1998-2018, 33 women were victims of homicide in the workplace, accounting for 22% of all workplace fatalities involving women. By comparison, homicides of men only made up 5% of workplace fatalities in the same time period. In Kentucky, homicides are the second highest cause of workplace deaths for women, second only to motor vehicle crashes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Violence Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Abuse Homicides Violence Prevention Workplace Violence
• Publisher:
  Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069130
• Citation:
  Hazard alert. Lexington, KY: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 2020 Jun; :1-2
• Email:
  kyfaceprogram@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Women as victims of workplace violence
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:388631a98b5a948b73b711c630eea42f5054bcd9727ed7af376dc881d4f8514eea1d06c1660f48daba69e6dfde1445468653d22d7f19f8fd210fd6935477f1b4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207667/cdc_207667_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 191.64 KB ]