Nursing jobs can hurt you
Emergency Management Alert, June 21, 2004
If you need formal statistics to help you back up the well-known problem of occupational injury in the nursing field, check out the following:
The US Department of Labor reports that in 2002, nursing aides and orderlies suffered 79,000 injuries on the job-the second highest amount of occupational injuries in the country next to truck drivers. Of those injuries, all of which required days away from work, 91% were incurred by women.
Nursing aides and orderlies usually suffered sprains and strains to their shoulders and backs due to overexertion related to lifting or moving patients. In a related ergonomics note, these people exhibited the highest number of musculoskeletal disorders (44,400) in 2002. The Labor Department defines a musculoskeletal disorder as an injury to muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, and spinal discs. They don't include injuries caused by slips, trips, falls, motor-vehicle accidents, or similar incidents.
Source: Briefings on Hospital Safety
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