Safety by the Numbers: Workplace Violence
Odds of winning the lottery: 1 in 135,145,920 (multi-state, mega-millions jackpot)
Odds of being murdered in the United States: 1 in 133 (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
2: Nearly 2 million American workers are victims of workplace violence every year. (OSHA)
4: Canada is ranked 4th in the world for having aggressive workplaces. (Statistics Canada)
10: Workplace shootings account for roughly 10 percent of all workplace deaths in the US every year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
18: An estimated 18,000 US workers are assaulted every week. (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
20: Nearly 20 percent of incidents of violent physical assault, sexual assault and robbery in Canada occur within the workplace. (Statistics Canada)
506: In 2010 there were 506 workplace homicides recorded throughout the United States. (Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries)
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