Homicide In The Workplace Video

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VHS English Version Product Number: 1037AEVHS DVD English Version Product Number: 1037AEDVD List Price: $99.95 Length of Video(in Minutes): 17 Publisher: Digital-2000, Inc. Description: Program focuses on the trend in deaths occurring in the workplace. More people are being killed by violence at work than actual on-the-job injuries. This program was commissioned by Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, and explains the problem and how to protect employees. Excerpt: You hear it on television, you see it in the newspaper, you never expect it to happen to you. We’re talking about violence in the workplace. Violence in the workplace happens in restaurants, post offices, convenience stores, manufacturing facilities, construction sites, delivery services, hospitals, just about every workplace across the nation and in every country. The problem continues to get worse, not better. This program is designed to explain what workplace violence is, and more important, how you can help prevent workplace violence and homicides in the workplace. We’ll also give you some personal security tips you can use at home, work, recreation, and anywhere else. Just remember that it can happen to you. There aren’t many statistics or information available on violence and homicide in the workplace though researchers are beginning to turn their attention to this issue. Let’s quickly review some of the information we’ve obtained from a variety of sources just to make a point about this type of activity. If you’d like to do your own research all you have to do is read the newspaper every day. It’s happening. Every one is at risk so it’s important to develop the attitude that it could happen to you, anywhere, anytime. According to the national traumatic occupation fatalities report completed over the six year period from 1980 through 1985 by the national institute for occupational health, or NIOSH, homicides was the 3^rd leading cause of occupational injury death in the United States, accounting for nearly 13% of the nation’s total deaths from trauma in the workplace. Homicide was the manner of death for 12% of the men and 42% of the women. Over 1/4^th of workplace homicide were 25 to 34 years of age, but workplace homicide rates were highest among those 65 years and older. At the industry division level 33% of workplace homicide victims we employed in retail trade. 19% in service industries, and 11% in public administration. Keep in mind that homicide data are not available from 4 states and these states account for approximately 10% of the U.S. population, therefore the real number of workplace homicides were greater than the study showed. Additional analysis of statistics indicated that the hour of occurrence with the greater frequency of work related homicide was midnight to 12:59 AM. This time period was followed by 10 PM to 10:59 PM, and 11PM to 11:59PM. The three hour period from 10 PM top 12:59 AM accounting for 20% of these homicide events. The methods of homicide reveal that firearms accounting for 75% of the deaths while cutting and piercing instruments accounting for another 14%. Females were six times as likely as males to have died as a result of strangulation, and females were more likely to have died have wounds inflicted by cutting or piercing instruments. 40% of the deaths occurred in the southern region of the United States. The west accounted for 24%. While the northcentral and northeast regions accounted for 19% and 8% respectively. We do have some statistics for the state of Texas. The two year period from 1990 through 1991 there were a total of 199 workplace homicides in Texas. 168 of those homicides involved males. 31 involved females. One hundred eighteen deaths were white workers, 44 black, 33 were asian or pacific islander. Hispanics accounted for 25 homicides in the workplace. The age group breakdown showed that workers aged from 25 to 34 had 56 deaths. Workers aged 35 to 44 also had 56 deaths. Overall in 1991 workplace homicide became the leading cause of traumatic workplace death in Texas. What does this mean? It means that preventive measures have not been effective in some organizations. And that additional measures in the workplace must be adopted to reduce or eliminate these incidents and deaths. The United States Postal Service has had its share of notoriety in workplace homicide as well. Before we discuss the postal service its important to understand they have over 700,000 employees which is a very large number of employees.