Homicides and other workplace assaults by gender in 2019

In 2019, there were 454 workplace homicides, which accounted for nine percent of all fatal work injuries that year. While men comprised the majority (366) of workplace homicides, homicides accounted for nearly three times the share of all workplace deaths for women than for men. Around 20 percent of all workplace deaths occurring to women (88 of 437) were due to homicide, compared to 7.5 percent of all workplace deaths occurring to men (366 of 4,896) in 2019.

There were 41,560 nonfatal assaults and intentional injuries at workplaces in 2019 that involved at least one day away from work. Women accounted for 63.5 percent of these nonfatal incidents. In 2019, of the workers experiencing a nonfatal assault or intentional injury, 43.5 percent (18,090) were injured by a patient, 22.8 percent (9,460) by a student, and 10.4 percent (4,330) by a client or customer.

More information on fatal and nonfatal injuries due to workplace violence and data on other types of injuries and illnesses to workers are available from the Injuries, illnesses, and Fatalities program. For more information, see “Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses — 2019” and “National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2019.” We also have more charts on fatal work injuries.