Prescription Pain Meds: Sweet Relief or a Fatal Cure?
A new report from the National Safety Council reveals that injured workers who take opioid prescription painkillers double their risk of being disabled a year later and their lost-time workers’ comp claims are 900 percent higher than those of workers who didn’t take the painkillers.
The National Safety Council (NSC) is calling on employers to develop workplace policies around the use of opioid prescription painkillers, which have a negative impact on employee safety and workers’ compensation costs.
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