New Study on “Violence In The Workplace”

September 19, 2012 No Comments

Assaults  (violent acts) are one of the top ten causes of disabling work injuries.   The NCCI just published a new 26-page study entitled  “Violence In The Workplace“.  This report includes lots of very interesting conclusions based upon nationwide accident statistics on work-related homicides and injuries.

Some of the more interesting findings include:

• The jobs that have the highest homicide rates are:  service station attendants, barbers, taxi drivers, security guards, door-to-door vendors, and lodging managers.
• “Workplace homicides are not crimes of passion committed by disgruntled coworkers and spouses, but rather result from robberies”.
• “The majority of workplace assaults are committed by healthcare patients.”
• “Homicides account for 11% of workplace fatalities”.
• “Homicides due to robberies… make up 69% of all work-related homicides.  While homicides due to coworkers are about 12%.”

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