NIOSH Alert: Request for Assistance in Preventing Homicide in the Workplace

摘要

From 1980 to 1989, homicide was the third leading cause of death from injury in the workplace, according to data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) Surveillance System (NIOSH 1993). Occupational homicides accounted for approximately 7,600 deaths during the period - or 12 percent of all deaths from injury in the workplace. Only motor vehicles and machines accounted for more occupational deaths from injury. The purposes of the Alert are to: identify high-risk occupations and workplaces, inform employers and workers about their risk, encourage employers and workers to evaluate risk factors in their workplaces and implement protective measures, and encourage researchers to develop and evaluate protective measures.