Workplace-violence investigations by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, 1993-1996

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 647-653

  Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Howard, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Div of Occup Safety and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; HAZARD; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032855397     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199908000-00006     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Toscano G, Windau J. Profile of fatal work injuries in 1996. In: Fatal Workplace Injuries in 1996: A Collection of Data and Analysis. Washington, DC: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; 1998. Report 922 1-9.
2. Toscano G, Windau J. The changing character of fatal work injuries. Monthly Labor Rev. 1994;Oct:17-28.
3. Bell CA. Female homicides in United States workplaces, 1980-1985. Am J Public Health. 1991;81:729-732.
4. Warchol G. Workplace Violence, 1992-1996. Washington, DC: United States Department of Justice; 1998. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report NCJ 168634.
5. Peek-Asa C, Howard J, Vargas L, Kraus JF. Incidence of non-fatal workplace assault injuries determined from employer's reports in California. J Occup Environ Med. 1997;39:44-50.
6. Peek-Asa C, Schaffer K, Kraus J, Howard, J. Surveillance of nonfatal workplace assault injuries using police and employers reports. J Occup Environ Med. 1998;40:707-713.
7. Windau J, Toscano G. Workplace homicides in 1992. In: Fatal Workplace Injuries in 1992: A Collection of Data and Analysis. Washington, DC: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. April 1994. Report 870.
8. Violence in the Workplace, Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; June 1996. Current Intelligence Bulletin 57. DHHS (NIOSH) 96-100.
9. Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1997. Washington, DC: United States Department of Labor; 1998.
10. SAS Version 6.12 for Windows. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.; 1997.
11. Viscusi WK. The impact of occupational safety and health regulation, 1973-1983. Rand J Econ. 1986;17:567-580.
12. Gray WB, Scholz JT. Does regulatory enforcement work? A panel analysis of OSHA enforcement. Law Society Rev. 1993;27:177-213.
13. Scholz JT, Gray WB. Can government facilitate cooperation? An informational model of OSHA enforcement. Am J Political Sci. 1997;41:693-717.
14. Bartel AP, Thomas GG. Direct and indirect effects of regulation: a new look at OSHA's impact. J Law Econ. 1985;28: 1-25.
15. Robertson LS, Keeve JP. Worker injuries: the effects of workers' compensation and OSHA inspections. J Health Polit Policy Law. 1983;8:581-597.
16. Scholz JT, Gray WB. OSHA enforcement and workplace injuries: a behavioral approach to risk assessment. J Risk Uncertainty. 1990;3:283-291.
17. McCaffery DP. An assessment of OS-HA's recent effects on injury rates. J Hum Resources. 1983;18:131-146.
18. Ruser JW, Smith RS. Reestimating OS-HA's effects: have the data changed? J Hum Resources. 1991;26:212-235.