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Workplace Violence Caused Nearly 17 Percent Of All Fatal U.S. Work Injuries In 2011
December 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein
According to the 2011 Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries, workplace violence was the cause of nearly 17 percent of workplace fatalities in the U.S. in 2011.
At 4,609 incidents in 2011, fatal work injuries were down 21 percent compared to 2006 and by more than 25 percent compared to two decades ago.
Of those 4,609 workplace fatalities, 780 were attributed to workplace violence, with 458 homicides and 242 suicides.
Men where the victims of 680 of these incidents of workplace violence and women 100.
Shootings were the cause of 78 percent of the homicides.
Homicide was a more common cause of workplace fatalities for women, 21 percent, than for men, 9 percent. Current and former spouses or domestic partners were involved in 40 of the workplace killings of women, while relatives were the assailants in only two percent of workplace homicides where men were the victims.
The largest numbers of workplace homicide victims worked as first-line sales, retail, and cashier supervisors, followed by law enforcement workers, managers, and protective agents.
