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Infographic Corner OSHA estimates that It is estimated that roughly more than 25% of 2 million workplace violence American workers are victims of workplace violence each year. incidents go unreported. According to NIOSH, homicide is Approximately a quarter the leading cause of injury death of American workers say their for women in the workplace— workplace has had at least accounting for one incident 40% of all of workplace workplace violence. death among female workers. In 2017, there were Although research on 351 gun occupational homicides dog bites in U.S. workplaces—an average of is limited, one study found dogs nearly one person killed every day. to be the second most commonly implicated species of animals Healthcare workers accounted for (after insects) in all animal-related non-fatal 73 percent injuries within the American workforce. of all nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses due to violence in 2018— U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. vpppa.org Leader—Autumn 2021 53
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