@article{ref1,
title="Work-related suicide",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2010",
author="Ozanne-Smith, Joan E. and Routley, Virginia Hazel",
volume="16",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="A272-A272",
abstract="Safety 2010 World Injury Conference, London, Abstract:  Safety 2010 World Injury Conference, London, Abstract:  Introduction While unintentional work-related injury is increasingly recognised as an important and preventable public health problem, population studies of the full range of work-related suicide reported to coroners have received less attention.Objective To investigate the epidemiology of work-related suicide in Victoria, Australia, July 2000-December 2006Method This study draws on a database of all work-related deaths reported to the Victorian Coroner, inclusive of broadly defined work-relatedness. Inclusion criteria for work-related suicide occurring between July 2000 and December 2006 were as follows:work stressors identified in police reports to the coroner or the coroner's finding; orsuicide method involved another person's work (eg, heavy vehicle); orsuicide location was a workplace; ormeans of suicide was work-related; ordeceased working for income at the time of death.Excluded were as follows:cases still open for investigation;commuting to work;DIY-related.Results There were 613 work-related suicides over the study period, compared with 969 unintentional work-related injury fatalities. Of the suicides, 56% directly involved work stressors; 31% jumped or lay in front of a moving train or heavy vehicle; 4% involved work agents; and 9% other. Detailed analyses of work stressor cases identified business difficulties, unemployment/redundancy, recent or previous work injury, and, infrequently, workplace bullying. The complexity of multiple contributing factors will be addressed.Discussion and Conclusions Work-related suicide is a substantial problem, for which few detailed population-wide studies are available. Further research is required to understand the contribution of work stressors and effective interventions.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/ip.2010.029215.965",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.965"
}