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Workplace Violence
About 15 people die in the workplace every week from violent acts, but the problem is lessening due to better screening of applicants and employees, supervision and staff management. Homicides have decreased 9% over the past year and 14.3% during the period 2001 to 2005. Increased and improved security services can take credit for this downward trend. From 1992 to 1998, homicides were the second most frequent work-related fatal event, but now homicides are the fourth lowest. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the greatest places for workplace homicides are in order gasoline stations, food and beverage stores, finance and inurance, healthcare and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, and government. (Source: Excerpted from Security Letter, September 1, 2007.)
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