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WorkSafe New Zealand has developed infographics on psychosocial risks for the construction, agriculture, manufacturing and forestry sectors, as well as for all New Zealand workers.
The infographics collate existing WorkSafe data into an easily digestible format. The infographics will support a range of industries to easily find data on the psychosocial risks and protective factors relevant for them.
Read the infographics for other sectors
Psychological harm1
The percentage of all workers that report experiencing the following in the last 12 months:
- 30% – any work-related mental health or wellbeing issue
- 31% – work-related anxiety
- 20% – work-related depression
- 60% – work-related stress
- 11% – new mental health or wellbeing issues
Self-rated health2
Self-rated health is a key indicator for monitoring quality of life and population health.
- 80% of workers rate their health as being ‘good’ or above.
![[image] All workers – self-rated health – graph](/assets/Topic/Work-related-health/Mental-health/Psychosocial-risks-infographics/image-all-workers-self-rated-health-graph-v2.png)
Image shows a stacked bar graph showing the self-rated health of all workers. Workers could rate their health as excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor.
Self-rated health of all workers:
- 15% excellent
- 32% very good
- 34% good
- 15% fair
- 4% poor
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Work-related suicide3
Work-related suicide research reviewed 1,678 coronial findings (from applicable cases) between 2017–2021.
- 246 of suicides met the criteria of ‘potential work-related suicide’.
- 197 of suicides met the criteria of an ‘actual work-related suicide’.
The psychosocial risks or work stressors common in the work-related suicide research are:
How work is designed
- Job demands
- Work hours and schedule
- Workload and work pace
- Job security
Social factors at work
- Bullying
- Interpersonal relationships
Work environment
- Work-related injury
Work context
- Performance management
Offensive behaviours2
Offensive behaviours can cause harm to the person they are directed at as well as people witnessing the behaviour. Repetitive or severe exposure can cause both physical and psychological harm.
35% of all workers report being exposed to at least one of the five offensive behaviours listed below in the last 12 months.
Percentage of all workers who were exposed at least once in the last 12 months:
- 23% – bullying
- 14% – threats of violence
- 16% – cyberbullying
- 11% – sexual harassment
- 11% – physical violence
Policies around bullying, harassment and violence1
- 43% of all employers report they do not have a policy to support the management of incidences of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment.
- 47% of all employers report they do not have a policy to guide their response to violent incidents, including threats of violence.
Psychosocial risks2
The most common psychosocial risks across all workers are:
- high work pace
- high demands for hiding emotions
- high quantitative demands.
Protective factors2
Protective factors can mitigate the impact of risk factors and may enhance mental wellbeing.
The most common protective factors across all workers are:
- security over working conditions
- sense of community at work
- role clarity
- meaning of work.
Employer attitudes1
- 87% of employers feel a strong sense of responsibility for the mental health of staff and how well they get on with others.
Mentally healthy work concerns4
This data involves mentally healthy work concerns WorkSafe received from 26 April 2022 to 1 May 2023.
- 283 mentally healthy work concerns were raised using the online form.
Percentage of concerns by issue
![[image] All workers – percentage concerns issue – graph](/assets/Topic/Work-related-health/Mental-health/Psychosocial-risks-infographics/image-all-workers-percentage-concerns-issue-graph-v2.png)
Image shows a column graph. Each column shows the percentage of an issue as a proportion of all mentally healthy work concerns for all workers:
- 53% work-related stress
- 27% fatigue at work
- 80% bullying and harassment
- 14% violence at work
- 6% sexual harassment
- 37% other
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Percentage of concerns by levels of harm
![[image] All workers – percentage concerns level harm – graph](/assets/Topic/Work-related-health/Mental-health/Psychosocial-risks-infographics/image-all-workers-percentage-concerns-level-harm-graph-v2.png)
Image shows a column graph. Each column shows the percentage of a level of harm concern as a proportion of all mentally healthy work concerns for all workers:
- 50% minor
- 24% significant
- 20% severe
- 6% unable to determine
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Employer health and safety maturity across New Zealand1
![[image] All workers – employer health safety maturity – graph](/assets/Topic/Work-related-health/Mental-health/Psychosocial-risks-infographics/image-all-workers-employer-health-safety-maturity-graph-v2.png)
Image shows a pie graph with percentages of employer maturity in healthy and safety for four types:
- 18% – Care for others
- 39% – Protect me and mine
- 22% – All talk, little walk
- 21% – It's just common sense
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Employers’ health and safety perceptions1
Percentage of all employers that agree with the following statements:
- 74% – we make the time and effort to ensure we’re up to date with changes in health and safety legislation
- 66% – health and safety is a real investment in our business
- 34% – the main reason we follow health and safety rules is so we don’t get in trouble
- 21% – complying with health and safety regulations is a cost to our business, with little benefit
- 20% – management wouldn’t need to get involved in health and safety if workers just used their common sense
- 82% – we have a strong safety culture where each person is always watching out for each other’s health and safety
Employers’ health and safety practices1
Percentage of all employers that:
- 34% say they conduct an assessment on workers’ level of exposure to a health risk
- 24% say they provide workers with health checks/monitoring for health problems that could be related to their work
- 57% say they make changes to the work environment or equipment to reduce the risk to people’s health and safety
- 40% say they develop or update a formal management plan or policy to address key health and safety risks.
Footnotes
1. WorkSafe Workforce Segmentation and Insight surveys 2020 and 2021
2. WorkSafe (2022). New Zealand Psychosocial Survey 2021
3. WorkSafe (2024). Work-related suicide: Examining the role of work factors in suicide
4. WorkSafe (2023). Mentally healthy work online form analysis: Review of concerns received from 26 April 2022 – 1 May 2023.
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