Workplace Violence Accounts for Nearly One in Every Five Fatal Work Injuries in US
In 2011, one in every five fatal work injuries was attributed not to accidents but to workplace violence.
Preliminary statistics from the 2011 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that of the 4,609 total fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2011, 780 fatalities – or nearly 17 percent – were a result of violence and other injuries by persons or animals.