Workers in nearly all occupations fear an injury that might sideline them for a significant amount of time. Additionally, the combination of lost wages and extensive medical treatment can quickly lead to financial peril for years to come as injured workers accumulate...
Work Injuries
Daylight saving time, SWSD and increased workplace injury risks
During daylight saving time, Americans may find themselves involved in more than just changing their clocks by one hour. As reported by U.S. News, even minor time adjustments may result in sleep deprivation. Because of the annual clock change, Americans could lose a...
Common long-haul trucker injuries
Truck drivers provide an essential service for the American economy. As a long-haul trucker, you help products get from our nation’s ports to locations across the country. Driving trucks can also mean opportunities for injuries. While long-haul truckers get into...
Which occupations have the highest rates of injury and illness?
Workplace injuries and illnesses can occur without warning in almost any occupation, but some jobs carry a higher risk for these instances than others. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nearly 3 million instances of injuries and illness took place in...
Statistics on work-related traffic collisions
If your job duties put you behind the wheel, you need to recognize the risks you face. Whether you drive a large truck or taxi and regularly operate a vehicle as part of your job or you occasionally run errands or drive for other reasons, it is helpful to go over...
What injuries come from slip and fall incidents?
When you think of slip and fall accidents, you may have a stereotypical image in your mind about what it looks like and what sort of injuries occur because of it. However, slip and fall incidents can have varied causes and outcomes. In fact, you can end up with far...
What are crush injuries?
You face different risks at work, but crush injuries are among the most serious. Even if they are not as common as other types of workplace injuries like slip-and-fall incidents, the severity of a crush injury makes it necessary to know as much about them as possible....
Proper equipment is necessary to prevent occupational injuries
If you are working from home, there is a decent chance that your workstation is not ergonomically correct. With makeshift offices and using a laptop on any available surface, the workstation may be contributing to or causing, musculoskeletal injuries. If companies are...
Common retail work injuries
Most any occupation in San Diego, California, can pose a risk to employees, though the type of injury varies. Stats show the injury rate for retail workers from 2015 to 2018 was 3.5 per 100. There are certain types of injuries associated with retail work that could...
How does lower back pain affect your finances?
Lower back pain serves as one of the biggest potential issues that workers across the country face. Not only does it impact more people than almost any other type of common injury, but it can even cost workers like you massive amounts of money. Just why does lower...