An occupational injury is bodily damage resulting from working. The most common organs involved are the spine, hands, the head, lungs, eyes, skeleton...

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...

Workers in certain fields are at risk of repetitive strains. Most occupational injuries are musculoskeletal disorders, and many of these are caused by cumulative...

second place was occupational exposure to particulate matter, gases and fumes at over 450,000 deaths, followed by occupational injuries at over 363,000...

physical health, disabilities, injuries, or impairments. The American Occupational Therapy Association defines an occupational therapist as someone who "helps...

better understand, recognize, treat and prevent occupational injury and disease. More recently occupational medicine gained visibility during the COVID-19...

expansion again led to rising injury rates, and the resulting political pressures led Congress to establish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

agricultural workers. Increasing recognition of the unique occupational hazard posed by needlestick injuries, as well as the development of efficacious interventions...

accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work" leading to physical or mental occupational injury. According...

in the field of occupational safety and health. NIOSH provides national and world leadership to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and...