TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Adolescent workers' experiences of and training for workplace violence JO - Workplace health and safety A1 - Smith, Carolyn R. A1 - Gillespie, Gordon L. A1 - Beery, Theresa A. SP - 297 EP - 307 VL - 63 IS - 7 N2 - Adolescent workers may not be aware that violence is a safety concern in the workplace. As part of a larger mixed-methods pilot study, investigators used a self-administered survey and individual interviews with 30 adolescent workers from a chain of food service stores in a Midwestern metropolitan area to explore experiences of workplace violence (WPV) and ways of learning WPV-specific information. Participants reported experiencing verbal and sexual harassment and robberies. Most participants reported awareness of WPV-specific policies and procedures at their workplace; the ways participants reported learning WPV-specific information varied.

FINDINGS support the need for occupational safety training to assist adolescent workers prevent and mitigate potential WPV.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 2165-0799 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2165079915580786 ID - ref1 ER -