Sexual Assault of Women in the Workplace

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• Personal Author:
  Miller, Aubrey K. ; Seligman, Paul J.
• Description:
  Rape accounts for 6% of violent crimes in the U.S. and is the "most underreported" of all serious violent crimes. In 1989, 94,504 rapes were reported to law enforcement authorities nationwide. In Ohio, 3,387 rape case (66 per 100,000 females) were reported. In 1987, we reviewed 21 workers' compensation claims (WCC) for sexual assault in Ohio for the period 1983-1985. This earlier study revealed that five (31%) of rapes by unknown assailants occurred in convenience food stores. The rape rate was 7.0 per 100,000 females employed in Ohio (IRR=25.6, CI 8.1-132.3). In addition, three rapes occurred among motel housekeepers, and three among property managers. In this follow-up study presented here, 47 WCC for sexual assault in Ohio were reviewed for the period 1986-1990. Of the sexual assaults committed by unknown assailants, 25% were of females employed in convenience stores, 17% occurred in the Health Services Industry, and 11% occurred in the Restaurant Industry. In convenience stores, 75% of the rapes were committed during the course of a robbery and 75% occurred between midnight and 6:00 a.m. Of the sexual assaults committed by a known assailant, 45% were by a supervisor or co-worker. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Violence Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Assaults Safety Research Worker Safety Workplace Studies Workplace Violence
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  53
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053444
• Citation:
  Public Health and Diversity: Opportunities for Equity, APHA 122nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 30 - November 3, 1994, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 1994 Oct; :53
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Public Health and Diversity: Opportunities for Equity, APHA 122nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 30 - November 3, 1994, Washington, DC
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216196/cdc_216196_DS1.pdf
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