You may be at risk of repetitive strain injury. Pilates instructor Eleanor Gomez explains how some simple steps can lead to healthier sitting and workplace comfort.
Working in agriculture has long been recognised as a hazardous occupation, with one of the highest fatal injury rates to workers of any industry. It is the only industry that has to accept the constant presence of children around the worksite, since farms are homes as well as workplaces. That...
A one-year pilot study was conducted, linking the efforts of a workers' compensation Managed Care Organization MCO with an occupational health clinic and emergency department to manage work-related injuries and associated work disability. Sustained (> 90 day), injury-specific return-to-work RTW outcomes, modified by job title, were compared to loosely- and...
This paper depicts about study by Hartford Financial Services according to which, dragging heels on reporting a workplace injury to the insurer is likely to result in increased claim costs. Claims filed a month or more after the injury cost an average of 48 percent more to settle than those...