Workplace Suicides Hit Record Highs in 2008 and 2009
Workplace suicides in 2009 matched the record-high level they hit in 2008, according to data released by the U.S. Labor Department.
The number of workplace suicides — workers who took their own life while on the job — reached 263 in 2009, the same number as in the prior year. In 2007, there were 196 such suicides. The data go back to 1992.