Injuries cost $406 billion in lifetime expenses.(Statistical data)

Publication: Occupational Health Management

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Injuries cost $406 billion in lifetime expenses

Health care workers most-injured group in 2002

Health services is the largest private industry sector in the United States, but being trained in health and safety did not prevent that group from being the most-injured group of workers in 2002 — more health care workers were hurt on the job that year than construction workers and miners combined.

Slips, trips, and falls accounted for a major share of those injuries, and led to a...

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