Injuries & Illness
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The (Mismatched) Evolution of Man and Its Influence on Injury
The fundamental ethos of natural selection dictates that species optimally adapt to a given environment over time. A present-day demonstration of this evolutionary principle is the pink salmon of Auke Creek, Alaska. This resilient species of fish migrates sooner every year in order to adapt to a global-warming-induced 0.5-degree-Fahrenheit annual increase in temperature. Similar environmentally provoked adaptations have been witnessed for generations. Species of owls and toads, for instance, have developed camouflage to slyly blend in with their surrounding environment. But what happens if those surroundings suddenly change?
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Sick Days for Workers Keep Businesses Healthier
When employers forbid paid time off for illness, infectious workers spread disease and hurt business.
Be Careful! Workplace Injuries Spike Following the Switch to Daylight Saving Time
The average American gets about 40 minutes less sleep the night after pushing the clock ahead an hour—with measurable consequences for on-the-job safety.
How Employers Should Respond to Workplace Injuries
Depending on the type of business you run and the capacity in which your employees operate, your workers may encounter any or all of the following workplace injuries.
How Much Is Your Arm Worth? Depends On Where You Work
Each state determines its own workers’ compensation benefits, which means workers in neighboring states can end up with dramatically different compensation for identical injuries.
How to Avoid Workplace Injuries
In the course of an average workday, many of us perform tasks in a variety of fields that could potentially put our health and welfare at risk. While our jobs may seem harmless, the fact is that workplace injuries can and do happen anywhere.
New Postures for New Work Environments
As technology frees us up from a set work location, workplace ergonomics are starting to look a little different. While product designers once had to optimize one set work location for optimal ergonomic postures, technology now is driving us to different postures in many places throughout the workplace and beyond.
Protecting Our Nation’s Workers: Ergonomics Outside the Office
While yoga studios, massage therapists, and ergonomic work stations might help our country’s army of desk-chained workers, the men and women pouring their sweat and tears into the manufacturing and construction industries don’t often have the opportunity to take advantage of these amenities. It’s important that we are taking into account their health and safety, for the worker’s benefit and for the overall economy’s.
Until Last Year, No One Was Tracking Workplace Injuries
Now that the government’s occupational safety agency is, the findings aren’t pretty.
The (Mismatched) Evolution of Man and Its Influence on Injury
We are mismatching ourselves with the surroundings that we have developed, despite knowledge that should make us wiser. If we continue along this path, we will be akin to a king Alaskan salmon leading his school to the tropics.
10 Most Common Workplace Injuries
Here, we present the 10 most reported workplace accidents in our country, according to the National Safety Council, OSHA, and data compiled annually by Liberty Mutual Insurance from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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