I'm seeing MySql Deadlocks with concurrent worker threads: [JDBCExceptionReporter] Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction

Issue

• Severe problems are occuring when concurrent worker threads read and manipulate entities at the same time. How do I handle these deadlocks?

  WARN [JDBCExceptionReporter] SQL Error: 1213, SQLState: 40001
  ERROR [JDBCExceptionReporter] Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction
  ERROR [AbstractFlushingEventListener] Could not synchronize database state with session
  org.hibernate.exception.LockAcquisitionException: Could not execute JDBC batch update
          at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:105)
          at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:66)
          at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.executeBatch(AbstractBatcher.java:275)
          at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:266)
          at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:168)
          at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:321)
          at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:50)
          at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:1028)
          at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.managedFlush(SessionImpl.java:366)
          at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl$1.beforeCompletion(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:504)
          at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.resources.arjunacore.SynchronizationImple.beforeCompletion(SynchronizationImple.java:101)
          at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.TwoPhaseCoordinator.beforeCompletion(TwoPhaseCoordinator.java:269)
          at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.coordinator.TwoPhaseCoordinator.end(TwoPhaseCoordinator.java:89)
          at com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.AtomicAction.commit(AtomicAction.java:177)
          at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.TransactionImple.commitAndDisassociate(TransactionImple.java:1423)
          at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.transaction.arjunacore.BaseTransaction.commit(BaseTransaction.java:137)
          at com.arjuna.ats.jbossatx.BaseTransactionManagerDelegate.commit(BaseTransactionManagerDelegate.java:75)
          at org.jboss.ejb3.tx.UserTransactionImpl.commit(UserTransactionImpl.java:85)