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A review was presented of workplace violence. The incidence of work related homicides was presented for Maryland, California, Texas, and North and South Carolina. The percentages of work related fatalities caused by homicides were 10% to 30% for men and 40% to 57% for women. The highest work related homicides by race were for employed hispanics, followed by blacks, then whites. The industries with the highest work related homicide rates were the sales, security, safety, protection, and transportation. Occupations with the highest risks of homicides were sales clerks in food stores, liquor stores, eating or drinking places, taxi drivers, police, sheriff or security guards, and gas station, hotel and motel workers.
Annual Review of Public Health, 16:355-379, 1995. (50 references)
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