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Non-robbery-related occupational homicides in the retail industry, 2003-2008
Srinivas Konda1, Hope M Tiesman, Scott Hendricks
1Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Analysis and Field Evaluations Branch, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Background:
The purpose of this study was to examine non-robbery-related occupational homicides in the retail industry from 2003 to 2008.
Methods:
Data were abstracted from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Motive (robbery- or non-robbery-related) and workplace violence (WPV) typology (Type I-IV) were assigned using narrative text fields. Non-robbery-related homicide rates were calculated and compared among WPV types, demographic characteristics, and occupation.
Results:
Twenty-eight percent of homicides that occurred in the retail industry were non-robbery-related. The leading event associated with non-robbery-related homicides was Type II (perpetrated by customers) (34%), followed by Type IV (perpetrated by personal relationship) (31%). The majority of homicides were due to arguments (50%). Security guards and workers in drinking establishments had the highest homicide rates per 100,000 workers (14.3 and 6.0, respectively).
Conclusions:
Non-robbery-related homicides comprised a meaningful proportion of workplace homicides in the retail industry. Research is needed to develop strategies to prevent non-robbery-related homicides specifically.
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