| Document ID (ISN) | 100955 |
| CIS number |
02-1989 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Richez J.P. |
| Title |
Violence at work - Enterprises fight back |
| Original title |
Agressions professionnelles - Les entreprises ripostent [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 2000, No.592, p.26-38. Illus. 10 ref. |
| Abstract |
Between 1983 and 1998, there were 129 fatal occupational accidents in France resulting from violence. Contents of this collection of articles on violence at the workplace: three-phase approach to prevention (hazard evaluation, work organization and layout of premises, psychological help for victims); case of work incapacity of a violence victim requiring a change of employment; management of post-traumatic shock; measures implemented by the Paris public transport company (social work among young persons in underprivileged neighbourhoods, surveillance cameras, psychological help to victims of violence); measures implemented by the French National Railways (station opening hours, increased levels of staff presence, surveillance cameras); measures implemented in the banking sector (layout of branch offices, training of staff); violence in Europe (16% of the working population is potentially exposed to various forms of violence). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
banking and insurance; hazard evaluation; rail transport; violence; risk factors; plant safety organization; public transport |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
France; traumatic neurosis; psychology and sociology; hours of work; social aspects; fatalities; young persons; job-exposure relation; injuries |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Banking and financial services
Rail transportation
Violence
Violence and terrorism
Risk evaluation
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