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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

  • In 2007, 12.7 percent of violent crimes and 14.7 percent of property crimes were committed against victims who were at work or on duty at the time, amounting to 621,450 violent crimes and more than 2.5 million property victimizations.[1]
  • Of the 621,450 violent crimes committed in the workplace in 2007, 492,790 were simple assaults, 97,830 were aggravated assaults, 23,270 were robberies, and 7,550 were rapes or sexual assaults.[2]
  • In 2008, 517 workplace homicides occurred in the United States-a decline of 18 percent from 2007-accounting for 10 percent of all workplace fatalities.[3] 
  • Of the 517 workplace homicides in 2008, 413, or 80 percent, involved a firearm.[4]
  • Homicide is the third-leading cause of fatal occupational injury.[5]
  • Nearly 80 percent of workplace homicides are committed by criminals otherwise unconnected to the workplace.[6]
  • Three percent of all murders committed in the workplace were committed by the victim's intimate partner (husband, wife, or boyfriend).[7]
  • Men are the majority of victims of nonfatal workplace violence for all crimes except rape or sexual assault.[8]
  • Women are victims of 80 percent of rapes or sexual assaults in the workplace.[9]
  • Twelve percent of workplace violence victims sustain injuries.  More than half of these victims are not treated or do not receive medical care.[10]
  • Of the occupations measured, law enforcement officers are at greatest risk of being victims of workplace violence.  Other occupations at risk are private security workers, correctional officers, bartenders, and taxicab drivers.[11] 
  • In 2008, homicide accounted for 26 percent of all workplace deaths among female workers.[12]
  • Female workers are also at risk for nonfatal violence. In 2003, women were victims in 61 percent of workplace assaults.[13]

[1] Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2007: Statistical Tables," (soon to be published), Table 64.

[2] Ibid., (soon to be published), calculated from Table 64.

[3] Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary, 2008," (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009), 7, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf (accessed September 8, 2009).

[4] Ibid., 7.

[5] Ibid., 2.

[6] Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Workplace Violence: Issues in Response," (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), 13, http://www.fbi.gov/publications/violence.pdf (accessed October 9, 2009).

[7] Ibid., 42.

[8] Detis Duhart, "Violence in the Workplace, 1993-99," (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2001), 3, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/vw99.pdf (accessed October 8, 2009).

[9] Ibid.

[10] Ibid., 6.

[11] Ibid., 4.

[12] Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries," 10.

[13]Anne B. Hoskins, "Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities among Women," Monthly Labor Review (October 2005): 35, http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/10/art4full.pdf (accessed September 9, 2009).
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