U.S. workplace homicides decline faster than overall murders
You're less likely to be killed or injured by someone else at work than you were 30 years ago.454 people were killed in workplace homicides in 2019, down 57% from 1,044 in 1992, as declines in workplace violence have outpaced the nationwide drop, according toComparatively, the number of total homicides in the U.S.
Workers are also substantially less likely to be a victim of workplace violence of any kind, with a rate of 9.2 per 1,000 in 2019, compared with 31 per 1,000 in 1994, the earliest that datapoint was available.Of workplace homicides in 2019, 80% were shootings.How the work-from-home revolution or a recent uptick in violence affects these trends.
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