Workplace Homicides on Decline in U.S.
The federal government's latest research shows a significant decline in
the number of workplace homicides nationwide, the Associated Press
reported Sept. 18.
Workplace homicides have been on the decline since they peaked at 1,080 in
1994. Last year, there were 609 workplace homicides.
Overall, the report shows that 5,524 workers died on the job in 2002, a
decline from 5,915 in 2001. The 2001 total did not include workers killed
in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"It's the largest year-to-year decline we've ever seen," since the bureau
began publishing such data in 1992, said Scott Richardson, program manager
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
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The federal government's latest research shows a significant decline in
the number of workplace homicides nationwide, the Associated Press
reported Sept. 18.
Workplace homicides have been on the decline since they peaked at 1,080 in
1994. Last year, there were 609 workplace homicides.
Overall, the report shows that 5,524 workers died on the job in 2002, a
decline from 5,915 in 2001. The 2001 total did not include workers killed
in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"It's the largest year-to-year decline we've ever seen," since the bureau
began publishing such data in 1992, said Scott Richardson, program manager
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
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resource links and advocacy tools supporting community-based efforts to
reduce and prevent substance abuse and gun violence.
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Health. This information may be freely reproduced and distributed,
provided that attribution is made to Join Together Online
(www.jointogether.org).
(Mail ID: 223609)