“Although we cannot see or measure stress in the same way as many other health problems, it is a very serious issue,” said Dr. Christa Sedlatschek, director of EU-OSHA. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, or EU-OSHA, has created an e-guide for managing stress and “psychosocial risks” in the workplace. While stress
Read more →Workplace accidents cost! They impact the injured workers, their families, their co-workers and their employers. Accidents signal that something is wrong. The only thing that we possibly can find of value in accidents is what we can learn from them. Are operating procedures in need of change? Is training adequate? Are there uncorrected unsafe conditions
Read more →In late September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its preliminary Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2013. Overall, there were 4,405 workplace fatalities recorded in the United States, down from 4,628 work-related deaths in 2012. In 2013, U.S. workers died at a rate of 3.2 fatalities per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers, down from a
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