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Firearms Homicide in the Workplace
For information about homicide in the workplace, contact:
Every August the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for the previous year which includes job-related homicides broken out by weapon. Call (202) 691-6175 or write to The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Division of Program Analysis and Control, Office of Safety, Health and Working Conditions, U.S. Department of Labor, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212. Or visit the BLS web site located at www.bls.gov/oshcfoi1.htm.
NIOSH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; call 1-800-35-NIOSH to obtain information about violence in the workplace through voice-mail. Callers can speak to information specialists from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. The NIOSH web site is locate at www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html.
The National Victim Center has useful free fact sheets on violence in the workplace. Call: 1-800-FYI-CALL (394-2255) or visit www.nvc.org.
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