FindCounseling.com Staff <p>Workplace suicides increased 28 percent in 2008, reported the Department of Labor last week, reaching an all-time high of 251 deaths since tracking began in 1992.</p> <p><br />Ninety-four percent of the suicides were committed by men, with workers between the ages of 45 and 54 accounting for the greatest number of deaths. Employees in management occupations were at the greatest risk, with 14 percent of the deaths.</p> <p><br />Officials at the D.O.L. did not explain the rise, but said it planned to investigate the matter.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>REPORT: <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/osar0010.pdf" title="Occupational Fatalities Report">Increase in Occupational Fatalities due to Suicide</a> (PDF)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2009-09-17T10:57:43-05:00 5782 suicide, work /help/news/2009/08/workplace-suicides-increase.html true 2009-08-24T20:57:52-05:00 workplace-suicides-increase Occupational suicides increase by 28 percent last year, reports the Department of Labor. 2009-09-18T17:20:17-05:00