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...
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Work Injuries
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...
What is the construction industry’s Fatal Four?
Construction work is such a dangerous occupation that the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has constructed a list of the four types of accidents you are most at risk for sustaining that could result in your death. Called the “Fatal Four,” Construct...
Statistics on occupational injuries and missed work
If you suffer an injury at work, you could struggle with high levels of physical pain as well as emotional challenges. Moreover, the financial impact of a workplace accident could turn your life upside down in different ways, whether you cannot pay rent or you have...
How can opioids affect stomach function?
If you have experienced a serious injury at work and are struggling with lasting pain, your medical team might prescribe opioids. As explained by Medical News Today, these medications are highly effective at treating pain but are also associated with opioid-induced...
Warehouse worker injuries, fatalities increasing
When you make your living working in a California warehouse, the job's physical demands may begin to wreak havoc on your body. As Americans become more focused on e-commerce and the number of people making purchases online increases, so, too, does the number of...