OCCUPATIONAL VIOLENCE

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20,050 workers in the private industry experienced trauma from nonfatal workplace violence in 2020. These incidents required days away from work.¹

Of those victims who experienced trauma from workplace violence:

73% were female
62% were aged 25 to 54
76% worked in the healthcare and social assistance industry
22% required 31 or more days away from work to recover, and 22% involved 3 to 5 days away from work

¹Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020). TABLE R4. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by industry and selected events or exposures leading to injury or illness, private industry, 2020.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 392 U.S. workers were workplace homicide victims in 2020.²

Of those victims who died from homicide:

81% were men
44% were aged 25 to 44
28% were Black and 18% were Hispanic
30% of workplace homicide victims were performing retail-related tasks such as tending a retail establishment or waiting on customers.

²Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020). Fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics and selected event or exposure, All U.S., all ownerships, 2020.

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