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31 August 2011 at 12:58 pm Peter G. Klein 7 comments

| Peter Klein |

A somewhat disheartening report on US workplace safety:

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has its fascinatingly morbid fatality census report out! Are you a manager of some sort? Watch your back, because the study says if you die on the job, there’s a 10% chance it’s murder.

That’s correct. Out of the 4,547 workplace deaths in 2010, 10% of the kaput management was a direct result of homicide. Gulp.

Gizmodo has all the macabre details. If you prefer bureaucratese, head right to the BLS press release. But what about the stock-price reactions?

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7 Comments Add your own

1. Adam Martin | 31 August 2011 at 1:03 pm

There’s another variable to include when accounting for executive compensation.
2. Randy | 31 August 2011 at 10:13 pm

I don’t see why this would be disheartening.
3. lukasneville | 1 September 2011 at 12:03 am

There were 533 total managerial deaths in 2010, of which 10% (~53) were homicides. This differs by 1% from the share of workplace deaths attributable to homicide across *all* occupational categories (11%).

I have no idea why the management figure would have been of particular interest here.

If you want a more interesting figure, look at the proportion of workplace deaths attributable to homicide among food-service employees (40%) and retail employees (62%).

http://bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.t03.htm
4. Peter Klein | 1 September 2011 at 12:11 am

@Randy: spoken like a former department head!
5. FC | 1 September 2011 at 5:24 am

“Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?” – Homer Simpson.

Maybe I can somehow work this into an article for the forthcoming “Simpsons and Economics” book.
6. Rafe’s Roundup September 2 or 3 at Catallaxy Files | 2 September 2011 at 5:01 pm

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7. Thon Brocket | 4 September 2011 at 5:52 am

…that is, 10% were detected homicides.