Table 2.
¶Work-related homicides in selected retail industries by event of death, establishment size and selected occupations — United States, 2003–2008.
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
Foreign-born n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Event | ||
| Hitting, kicking, beating | 53 (5) | 22 (4) |
| Shooting | 885 (83) | 438 (85) |
| Stabbing | 89 (8) | 41 (8) |
| Assaults and violent acts by person(s), n.e.c/unspecified |
35 (3) | 12 (2) |
| Establishment Size | ||
| 1–10 employees | 528 (50) | 298 (54) |
| 11–19 employees | 67 (6) | 18 (4) |
| 20–49 employees | 62 (6) | 11 (2) |
| 50–99 employees | 20 (2) | — † |
| 100+employees | 29 (3) | — |
| Not reported | 356 (34) | 178 (35) |
| Occupation * | ||
| Cashiers | 252 (24) | 146 (28) |
| First-line managers of retail sales workers | 236 (22) | 159 (31) |
| Food service managers | 91 (9) | 45 (9) |
| First-line managers of food preparation and serving workers |
86 (8) | 18 (4) |
| Security Guards | 75 (7) | 7 (1) |
| Driver/Sales Workers | 51 (5) | 21 (4) |
| Cooks | 40 (4) | 22 (4) |
| Bartenders | 33 (3) | 6 (1) |
| Retail salespersons | 29 (3) | 15 (3) |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers |
26 (2) | 7 (1) |
| Service station attendants | 24 (2) | 17 (3) |
| Total | 1062 (100) | 513 (100) |
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Fatal injury numbers and rates were generated by [authors] with restricted access to CFOI microdata.
†
Do not meet BLS reporting criteria.
*
Do not sum to total because it includes selected occupations.