Homicide in the workplace: the U.S. experience, 1980-1988.

1. Homicide was the third leading cause of occupational injury death in the United States from 1980 to 1988. 2. Of all occupational injury deaths to females from 1980 to 1988, 40% were homicides. 3. The highest age specific rates of occupational homicide were found among workers 65 years and older (2.04 per 100,000 workers). 4. Protection of workers will require the collaborative work of public health and safety professionals, including occupational health nurses, as well as law enforcement, engineering, and architecture professionals and behavioral scientists.