Workplace homicides decline.(News)(Brief article)

Business Insurance, October, 2006 by CENICEROS, ROBERTO

Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS While workplace homicides continue trending downward in private-sector jobs, the overall picture of violence at work is mixed, according to a report released last week by NCCI Holdings Inc. Worksite homicides declined 14% in 2004, nearly four times the 4% drop in killings for the nation as a whole, states the 28-page report "Violence in the Workplace-An Updated Analysis.'' Yet while the rate of "simple assault'' has decreased nationwide, the rate of "lost work time assaults'' has continued to rise since 1999, according to the study based on data from the U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics and claims information from the Boca Raton, Fla.-based NCCI. However, the workplace incidence of homicides and assaults is significantly lower...

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