Occupational Injuries and Workplace Violence [chapter, 2025]

Details

• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Pizzatella, Timothy J. ; Tiesman, Hope M. ; Harris, James R.
• Description:
  Occupational injuries and workplace violence, a subset of occupational injuries, are defined and discussed in terms of their nature, scope and importance as public health problems. The public health approach to injury prevention is described, and distinctions and commonalities between occupational and non-occupational injuries are presented. Also described are sources of occupational injury data; causal and risk factors; prevention strategies (including the Haddon Matrix and hierarchy of controls), and strategies for transferring injury prevention research results to workplace practice. Workplace violence discussions also include its effects and special workplace violence circumstances (i.e., mass shootings and COVID-19 related workplace violence).
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Workplace Violence
• Keywords:
  Public health; Workplace violence; Injuries; Injury prevention; Violence prevention; Hierarchy of controls; Surveillance; COVID-19
• Source:
  International encyclopedia of public health, third edition. Quah SR ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2025 Jan; 5:713-727
• ISBN:
  9780323999670
• Publisher:
  Academic Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Chapter
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OECSP - Office of Extramural Coordination and Special Projects ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  17 pdf pages
• Volume:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071532
• Email:
  HTiesman@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Quah, Stella R.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca9dda3ba8eeb1bb23a97d377548b143963eaf120ee69082fceffc8b29f0a382c2fc843d930e15b8480456c8428a02b18402420e4c32c82604594b45b58015d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259127/cdc_259127_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.15 MB ]