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In recent years, workplace violence statistics show some terrifying numbers.
And we’re not just talking about extreme cases like shootings. Violence has a lot of different faces. From harassment to intimidation, we’ve covered it all.
Fair warning, though.
Those will shock you.
The picture is very, very far from perfect:
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Here’s something worrying:
Most businesses do not report workplace violence that does not result in deaths or serious injuries. That’s due to lack of communication, fear of taking action, and of course, lack of awareness.
But the numbers are hard to ignore.
(Legal Jobs)
Recent trends show a slow increase. 2 million people annually are reporting some form of workplace violence.
This number, however, is not really accurate. These are only the cases that have been officially reported. The real stats on workplace violence are probably much more disturbing.
(Legal Jobs)
Can you imagine going to work and being scared to arrive at your office?
I can’t either.
But that’s the reality for some people. And, as you can probably guess, high levels of anxiety lead to low levels of productivity.
(Zippia)
Workplace violence stats for 2022 prove that over half of all US employees have no idea about their employer’s violence prevention or safety plan. Workplace violence policies are rather vague and up to 24% of workers say that they are not sure whether they even exist. Such policies include medical emergencies, shootings, fire emergencies, etc.
(Security)
Disappointed, but not surprised.
Nurses get attacked more often than doctors. It’s because they spend more time with patients.
Things look really bad, actually:
(Business Insider)
Such nursing injuries statistics are pretty disturbing.
They reveal that as of September 2021, tense politics around vaccines was reported as the leading cause of the increase in violence against nurses. 31% of nurses, up from 22% in March 2021, have reported that patients are more violent to nurses due to the close proximity and long hours they spend together.
(What to Become)
School shootings in the USA, especially, are, sadly, not such a rare occurrence.
But we’re talking about all types of violence here - physical, verbal, even sexual. The worst part is that most of the time, teachers don’t report those cases in order to protect their students, workplace violence statistics show.
Sometimes, however, such attacks can lead to horrible things.
(Legal Jobs)
It’s not only patients. Many employees are assaulted at work by a coworker or a supervisor.
Physical assault at the workplace can include multiple acts of violence, such as hitting, kicking, beating, clawing, and pushing.
Only 2% of cases involve verbal attacks.
As we said, violence has different faces. We’ll try to show you some of them in the workplace violence statistics below.
(What to Become)
Violence against women is, depressingly enough, nothing new.
From inappropriate comments to straight-up rape, women face attacks when doing their job, too.
And do keep in mind that 30, 000 is the number of the reported assaults. We don’t even want to imagine how many unreported cases are there.
To avoid such occurrences, we suggest running a background check on your colleagues. You don’t want to mingle with sexual predators.
But that’s not all.
The coronavirus seems to be making everything worse, statistics on sexual assault in the workplace show.
(Rights of Women)
42% of the women, who have experienced some form of sexual harassment at work report it happened online.
Working at home doesn’t seem to be the solution, though. In fact, it’s making things worse.
Statistics on workplace violence show that the pandemic led to an increase or escalation of the issue.
(ISHN)
But what do we mean, when we say “bullying”?
Work sabotage. Threats. Verbal abuse. Humiliating behavior. Any form of intimidation.
Victims are often chosen because of gender, sexual orientation, or race. Lasting effects include high levels of anxiety, depression, health issues, etc.
(Admissionsly)
20.2% have felt humiliated due to gossip, workplace bullying statistics show.
17.8% have been yelled at.
Again, those are just the numbers of the reported issues. How many remain under the radar, we’ll never know.
Things can sometimes get physical, too.
(Legal Jobs)
While attackers mainly aim at the head, workplace violence statistics also show that:
(Zippia)
68% of workers globally do not feel safe at work. What gives? There is an overwhelming dissatisfaction with health and safety protections at the workplace. Of the 2 million victims of workplace violence, 400,000 are victims of aggravated assault and 51,000 are of sexual assault and rape.
As we earlier discussed, that’s apparently not enough for most companies to establish some good safety rules.
Maybe seeing how much money they lose will do the trick?
Violence at the workplace is a costly affair.
Here's why:
(Nationwide)
You can’t really be productive in an unsafe environment. This, combined with medical costs and lawsuits, leads to tremendous losses for businesses.
Now’s a good time to say “Better safe, than sorry”.
(911Celluar)
Workplace violence statistics in healthcare show that medics take roughly 112.8 hours out of the hospital, due to some sort of job-related brutality. This leads to more stress for the staff that has to cover shifts and deal with aggressive patients.
The end result is $53.7 million of annual losses, and depression, burnouts, and high levels of job dissatisfaction among healthcare workers.
Those statistics on workplace violence are absolutely terrifying.
The worst part is that numbers keep rising, but companies seem vastly unprepared to handle such cases.
Familiarizing yourself with the issue is the first step. The next is doing something about it.
And the time to act is now, especially given that the pandemic is stressing people out, thus making them more aggressive.
Be safe out there!
Teodora Dobrilova
Teodora devoted her whole life to words – reading, writing and trying to be original on social media. She got certified in digital marketing but still feels she’s not cool enough to be an influencer. (We all disagree – she influences the team pretty well.) She finished a master’s degree focused in Literature, Publishing, Mass Media. Her hobbies include traveling, and reading. Teddy hopes that yoga will be the thing to finally teach her some patience and show her the path toward world domination. Maybe modern tech can also help her with that.
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