People Services, The Open University, Wilson Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AL, UK.
Statistics Branch, Statistics and Analytics, Science Directorate, Health and Safety Executive, Redgrave Court, Bootle, Liverpool L20 7HS, UK.
Occup Med (Lond). 2022 Jan 13;72(1):25-27. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqab145.
There is an urgent need to address high levels of work-related violence (WRV) in Britain to improve the workplace experience of both employers and employees.
This study specifically explores prevalence rates of work-related violence assaults (WRVAs) for staff at high risk that have supervisor responsibilities and work full-time.
Five years of data were used for analysis from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW). Data were filtered for victims of crime from a working population in Britain.
Forty-four per cent of respondents who are supervisors and have full-time jobs report that they had been victims of WRVAs. This figure is higher than other previous studies of WRV.
The current study provides further alternative evidence to support high prevalence rates of WRV by selecting for analysis specific work characteristics data that are strongly associated with WRV (supervisor responsibilities and full-time work). It is therefore recommended that future work explores different means of intervention for organizations to implement within the workplace to reduce WRV and protect workers from harm.
英国急需解决工作场所暴力（WRV）高发的问题，以改善雇主和员工的工作体验。
本研究专门探讨了负有监督责任并全职工作的高风险员工遭受工作场所暴力袭击（WRVAs）的流行率。
从英格兰和威尔士犯罪调查（CSEW）中使用了五年的数据进行分析。对英国工作人群中的犯罪受害者数据进行了筛选。
44%的担任监督职务并全职工作的受访者报告说他们曾遭受过 WRVAs。这一数字高于其他先前对 WRV 的研究。
本研究通过选择与 WRV 密切相关的特定工作特征数据（监督职责和全职工作）进行分析，为支持 WRV 的高流行率提供了进一步的替代证据。因此，建议未来的工作探索不同的干预手段，供组织在工作场所实施，以减少 WRV 并保护工人免受伤害。
