SAN FRANCISCO - In 1993, for the first time, total assaults and violent acts edged out transportation accidents as the leading cause of death in the California workplace. Preliminary data from the Division of Labor Statistics and Research (DLSR) showed that in 1993, of 615 workplace fatalities, 34 were suicides, 195 were homicides (162 by shooting) and 226 were transportation accidents.Lilia Vargas of DLSR explained that the figures are preliminary because there is a cutoff date by which the informati
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