The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) issued the first of a new series in workplace violence reports, with the first part focusing on assault trends, drivers, and demographics.

This report focuses on nonfatal workplace assaults as captured by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII). From this data, NCCI has found that workplace assaults have increased at a rate of 5.3% per year from 2011-2022.

According to the report, assault cases are most heavily concentrated in the health care and social assistance sector. The number of annual assaults in this sector is ten times the number of assaults in the next largest sector, which is retail trade.

Furthermore, women tend to experience an elevated risk of workplace assault, as did workers aged 20-34. Hitting, kicking, and beating by another person accounts for nearly 93% of all workplace assaults.

The report includes further data insights, as well as information on occupational hazard/risk mitigation.