Do you think that your health or safety are at risk because of your work? A large European study on psychological and physical work demands |
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| Authors: | Frank Andries Michiel A J Kompier Peter G W Smulders |
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| Institution: | 1. TNO Prevention and Health, Division of Work and Health , PO Box 2215, 2301 CE, Leiden, Netherlands;2. TNO Prevention and Health, Division of Work and Health , PO Box 2215, 2301 CE, Leiden, Netherlands;3. Department of Work and Organizational Psychology , University of Nijmegen , The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Throughout Europe there are relatively few statistics, gathered a national level, which deal specifically with the problem of violence at work. In the UK, the revised Reporting of Injuries. Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 now require that certain violent incidents are reported on a national basis. The criteria for reporting, which are entirely dependent on the physical outcome of incidents, are discussed. It is recommended that employing organizations should establish their own internal systems for reportmg and recording a wider range of violent, and potentially violent, incidents. These should then be used to inform risk assessment and risk management. |
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| Keywords: | Perceived health risk Perceived safety risk Psychosocial work environment Physical work environment Cross-national analysis |
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