Workplace Violence Statistics

In 1995, the Workplace Violence Institute reported that the cost of workplace violence was 35.5 bilhon dollars. The fatahties in the woikplace in 2005 were 5702 with 564 of these being homicides. Homicide is the second leading cause of workplace deaths or one in every six fatal occupational injuries. Eight percent was caused by firearms and 20% were from bombings, stabbings, or beatings. 

Department of Justice indicates that during 1992-1996 2 million individuals were victims of violent crime or threatened with violent criminal acts in the workplace. Simple assault accounted for 1.5 million of these incidents. 

In many cases (37%) the victims of woikplace violence knew their offenders, but only 1% was victimized by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. In cases where a spouse was the perpetrator of the crime it occurred to women 21% of the time and only 2% were men. 

Of those committing workplace violence 67% are usually males and 33% females. The victims were injured only 12% of the time. Of the injured victims only one-half required medical attention. 

The estimated annual victimizations for the years of 1992 through 1996 for workplace aimes counted by the Bureaus of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that 

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Although job-related homicides have dropped in recent years, homicide remains a leading cause of job-related deaths, with many violent crimes committed while the victim is working or on duty. The motive behind many of these homicides is disputes among coworkers, customers, or domestic partners. These statistics summarize the vastness of the workplace violence epidemic ... 

Warchol, G. 1998, July. Workplace Violence, 1992-1996. National Crime Victimization Survey. (Report No. NCJ-168634). Washington, DC Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. Available www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wv96.pdf [accessed December 12,1999]. 

Workplace violence is recognized as a serious occupational hazard, ranking among the top four causes of death in workplaces during the past 15 years. More than 3,000 people died from workplace homicide between 2006 and 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). More than 15,000 people are injured by workplace violence each year. 

The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The CDC provides limited information on occupational safety and health. For example, their web page has information about accident causes and prevention, back belts, cancer—occupational exposure, effects of workplace hazards on male reproductive health, latex allergies, needle stick, occupational injiuies, teen workers, and violence in the workplace (see website http //www.cdc.gov). The Center for Health Statistics is located within CDC and provides basic health statistics on the U.S. population. This information is used to identify potential occupational health risks by occupational health researchers (see website http / / WWW.cdc.gov/nchs). 

Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 564 workplace homicides in 2005 in the United States, out of a total of 5702 fatal work injuries. See also Going Postal. 

Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2001. Violence and Theft in the Workplace. U.S. 

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