
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, October 26, 1993                   TAG: 9310260233
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ATLANTA                                LENGTH: Short

CABBIES MOST LIKELY TO BE KILLED AT WORK

People who drive or dispatch taxicabs were most at risk for being murdered on the job during the 1980s, federal safety officials reported Monday.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said 7,603 people were murdered on the job in the United States from 1980 through 1989 - an average of nearly 15 people a week.

Homicide was the leading cause of workplace death for women and the third leading cause of on-the-job deaths for all workers, the agency reported.

Motor vehicle accidents were the top cause of death in the workplace and machine-related accidents were second. - Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

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