Workplace homicides committed by firearm: recent trends and narrative text analysis.
Descriptive epidemiology
Firearm violence
Workplace homicide
Workplace violence
Journal
Injury epidemiology
ISSN: 2197-1714
Titre abrégé: Inj Epidemiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101652639
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
18
12
2018
accepted:
04
02
2019
entrez:
28
6
2019
pubmed:
28
6
2019
medline:
28
6
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Firearm workplace homicides are a significant problem in the United States. We sought to provide a current, national-level examination of these crimes and examine how perpetrators accessed firearms used in workplace homicides. We abstracted information on all firearm workplace homicides from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries from 2011 to 2015. We classified deaths by perpetrator's relationship to the workplace/victim, motive (robbery v. non-robbery), circumstance (argument v. other circumstances), and firearm access points using narrative text fields. There were 1553 firearm workplace homicides during the study period. Robbery crime trended downward from 2011 to 2015. In contrast, non-robbery crimes constituted almost 50% of the homicides and trended upward in recent years. Customers and co-workers were the most frequent perpetrators of non-robbery crimes, most after an argument. While customers and co-workers who commit these crimes were often armed at the time of the argument, some were not and retrieved a firearm from an unspecified location before committing a homicide. Thus, immediate Limiting firearm access in the workplace is a possible measure for preventing deadly workplace violence and should be considered as part of a comprehensive strategy for addressing this reemerging public health concern.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Firearm workplace homicides are a significant problem in the United States. We sought to provide a current, national-level examination of these crimes and examine how perpetrators accessed firearms used in workplace homicides.
METHODS
METHODS
We abstracted information on all firearm workplace homicides from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries from 2011 to 2015. We classified deaths by perpetrator's relationship to the workplace/victim, motive (robbery v. non-robbery), circumstance (argument v. other circumstances), and firearm access points using narrative text fields.
RESULTS
RESULTS
There were 1553 firearm workplace homicides during the study period. Robbery crime trended downward from 2011 to 2015. In contrast, non-robbery crimes constituted almost 50% of the homicides and trended upward in recent years. Customers and co-workers were the most frequent perpetrators of non-robbery crimes, most after an argument. While customers and co-workers who commit these crimes were often armed at the time of the argument, some were not and retrieved a firearm from an unspecified location before committing a homicide. Thus, immediate
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Limiting firearm access in the workplace is a possible measure for preventing deadly workplace violence and should be considered as part of a comprehensive strategy for addressing this reemerging public health concern.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31245254
doi: 10.1186/s40621-019-0184-0
pii: 184
pmc: PMC6582660
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
5Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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