If you work construction, you may have to push aside your fear from time to time. Accidents and injuries on construction sites are sadly common. While you may fear for your own safety and the pain and suffering you may endure if you have a workplace accident, your...
Workplace Injuries
The risk of traumatic brain injury at the construction site
As a construction site worker, you face exposure to a myriad of dangers, such as falling objects, slip-and-fall incidents and falling from heights. These hazards can lead to a number of injuries that could prevent you from working in the future. One of the most common...
Lifting patients is a significant source of injury
If you work in the medical field, your primary concern may be for your patients instead of yourself. While that sentiment has its place, you also need to consider your own safety and potential for injury. Back injuries make up a substantial portion of injuries in many...
Number one safety violation in construction: no fall protection
Construction is the most dangerous industry in the state of Georgia. Every day, workers face considerable risks to their health and safety while on the job. In 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited lack of fall protection as the most common...
Thomson, Georgia Electrocuted Worker Highlights Dangers of the Job
Early in June emergency professionals found a man dead inside the sign of a Love's Gas Station in Thomson, Georgia. When the worker failed to check in, the manager at D&G Outdoor Lighting & Signs, the company responsible for the sign repair, checked the GPS...
As a teacher, you face significant risk for injuries
Teachers have one of the most important jobs. Unfortunately, you and many others in this profession rarely receive the recognition and thanks you deserve for all the time, effort and support you put into enriching the lives of your students. In fact, you may put your...
Nurses can’t always avoid injury on the job
As a nurse, you have seen your share of workplace injuries. Your patients may come from all industries with a variety of complaints from cuts and broken bones to back injuries and more. As you do your best to make them comfortable, you may know that the injuries some...
Some types of workplace injuries are more common
Many Georgia employees could be at risk for a serious workplace injury. Depending on the industries they work in, the type of incident may vary. However, there are certain injuries that are especially common across the country. According to the insurance company...
Tips for avoiding injuries at work
Georgia residents who are injured at work may experience long-term physical problems. They may also experience emotional and financial issues as well, and their families may also be impacted by an injury. There are also direct and indirect costs that employers have to...
Study finds most farm machinery meets vibration limits
Farm machine operators in Georgia and elsewhere are exposed to higher levels of whole-body vibrations than are recommended by the European Union and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, according to a recent study. The study, which was...
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