Police, occupational risk

Homicide is another serious concern in some job settings. In 1995, homicide accounted for 16 percent of job-related fatalities. Workers most at risk are those who work late at night, work alone, and handle money. Taxicab drivers are the most susceptible and have a relative risk about 10 times higher than the typical worker. Other occupations that have a high relative risk of homicide include police and guards. 

The perception of risk for a violent assault at work is also highest for the protective service occupations, followed by health and social welfare professionals. According to various crime surveys (BCS) over the years 2(X)7 and 2011, on average, there were 3225 assaults per 10000 workers per year in the security and protective services. Understandably, the risk of violence while at work is the highest for security and protective services, with a risk percentage of 11.4%, while the average risk of violence while at work is only 1.2%. The police are at most risk, followed by social workers, probation officers, publicans, bar staff, and security guards. 

Other occupations that have a high relative risk of homicide include police and guards. 

At 3 40 smoke was seen raising between the gaps of the wooden benching where rubbish had accumulated in the main stand. There was no attempt to evacuate at this stage, fire fighting equipment was requested by the stewards. The occupants of the stand stood watching the fire police and stewards were on the scene but there was no appreciation of how fast the fire would spread. There was no perception of the magnitude of the risk. 

One direct estimate of the nature and impact of the selective recruitment process on the expected impact of belt use, relative to the prevailing belt use levels was made by Nakahara et al. (2006) in Japan. In their study they used several different sources of mortality data and compared them to police recorded belt use data for the years 1979-2001. With such a wide range of years they were able to obtain mortality data for widely different levels of belt use from 13.4% for front occupants in 1979 to 84.9 percent in 2003. The results of their best fit mathematical models are presented in Figure 10-4. While the mathematical modeling itself was quite complicated, the results are very simple to grasp regardless of the data source, the risk of a potentially fatal crash per unbelted person in the driving population remains relatively stable... 

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