An occupational injury is bodily damage resulting from working. The most common organs involved are the spine, hands, the head, lungs, eyes, skeleton...
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374 million non-fatal work-related injuries annually. It is estimated that the economic burden of occupational-related injury and death is nearly four per cent...
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Workers in certain fields are at risk of repetitive strains. Most occupational injuries are musculoskeletal disorders, and many of these are caused by cumulative...
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second place was occupational exposure to particulate matter, gases and fumes at over 450,000 deaths, followed by occupational injuries at over 363,000...
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physical health, disabilities, injuries, or impairments. The American Occupational Therapy Association defines an occupational therapist as someone who "helps...
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better understand, recognize, treat and prevent occupational injury and disease. More recently occupational medicine gained visibility during the COVID-19...
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agricultural workers. Increasing recognition of the unique occupational hazard posed by needlestick injuries, as well as the development of efficacious interventions...
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expansion again led to rising injury rates, and the resulting political pressures led Congress to establish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
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Fatal Occupational Injuries, or the CFOI Program is a Federal/State cooperative program that publishes data on fatal cases of work-related injuries for...
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Work accident (redirect from Occupational accident)
accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work" leading to physical or mental occupational injury. According...
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