September 01, 2005 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Workplace homicides declined in 2004

Workplace homicides were down sharply in 2004 to the lowest level ever recorded by the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, which has been conducted each year since 1992.

Workplace homicides, 1992-2004
[Chart data—TXT]

The 551 workplace homicides in 2004 represented a 13-percent decline from 2003 and was the lowest annual total yet recorded by the fatality census. Overall, workplace homicides are down 49 percent from the high of 1,080 workplace homicides recorded in 1994 (excluding the 2,886 work-related homicides resulting from terrorist attacks of September 11).

The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, part of the BLS Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program, provides the most complete count of fatal work injuries available. For more information on fatal work injuries, see "National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2004" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 05-1598.

 

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