Background: Te aim of the present study was to analyze the life and work history of bank employees who were victims of kidnapping and the psychosocial and work-related consequences of this event by investigating the characteristics of the organization of bank work. Aims: To understand what the experience of being kidnapped meant to the victims from their perspective and to describe proposals for health promotion targeting this high-risk population. Method: Te present qualitative study was based on in-depth interviews conducted with four bank employees who were kidnapping victims. Te interviews were transcribed by the investigator using program VoiceNote II. Results: Te results demonstrate the negative psychosocial impact of kidnapping on the victims' lives, made even worse by the bank inadequate handling of these occurrences, resulting in intensification of the manifestations of psychic disorders after the traumatic event. Conclusion: Te authors hope to contribute to discussions with the social actors involved, as well as to the revision of management and organization of work in banks so as to preserve the safety and health of bank employees. Te severity of this type of violence against workers should also receive greater atention from public health and safety agencies.

occupational health Mental health Stress disorders Post-traumatic kidnapping

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