Assessing Workplace Violence: Methodological Considerations

Authors

  • Nicola Magnavita Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Univeristà Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  • Francesca Larese Filon Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • Gabriele Giorgi Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy
  • Igor Meraglia Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Univeristà Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  • Francesco Chirico Health Service Separtment, Italian State Police, Ministry of the Interior, Milan, Italy

Keywords:

Risk assessment, Risk management, Prevention, Health promotion, Safety control, Underreporting, Occupational epidemiology, Assessment tools, Impact

Abstract

The risk of violence is present in all workplaces. It must be accurately assessed to establish prevention and protection measures tailored to the features of each situation. The risk management process requires compliance in a sequential order: 1) risk identification, 2) quantitative risk assessment, and 3) impact assessment. Gathering workers' experiences using lists, focus groups, or participatory ergonomics groups is necessary to identify the phenomenon. For risk assessment, spontaneous reporting of events is often insufficient. It may be complemented with two methods: systematic recording of violent events that occurred in the past year during periodic medical examinations of workers and targeted surveys. The epidemiological analysis of data from individual interviews and surveys provides the phenomenon's prevalence, incidence, and evolution. Moreover, reporting the harm suffered by victims of violence allows constructing impact matrices to allocate resources where they are most needed.

Author Biography

Nicola Magnavita, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Univeristà Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università Cattolica del sacro Cuore, Roma. Ricercatore Confermato

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Magnavita N, Larese Filon F, Giorgi G, Meraglia I, Chirico F. Assessing Workplace Violence: Methodological Considerations. Med Lav [Internet]. 2024 Feb. 22 [cited 2024 Jul. 26];115(1):e2024003. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/lamedicinadellavoro/article/view/15186