An occupational injury is bodily damage resulting from working. The most common organs involved are the spine, hands, the head, lungs, eyes, skeleton...

374 million non-fatal work-related injuries annually. It is estimated that the economic burden of occupational-related injury and death is nearly four per cent...

Workers in certain fields are at risk of repetitive strains. Most occupational injuries are musculoskeletal disorders, and many of these are caused by cumulative...

agricultural workers. Increasing recognition of the unique occupational hazard posed by needlestick injuries, as well as the development of efficacious interventions...

better understand, recognize, treat and prevent occupational injury and disease. More recently occupational medicine gained visibility during the COVID-19...

Fatal Occupational Injuries, or the CFOI Program is a Federal/State cooperative program that publishes data on fatal cases of work-related injuries for...

pressure injury Education in the disease and rehabilitation process Advocating for patient health Exploring vocational activities with clients Occupational therapists...

expansion again led to rising injury rates, and the resulting political pressures led Congress to establish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

second place was occupational exposure to particulate matter, gases and fumes at over 450,000 deaths, followed by occupational injuries at over 363,000...

The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses or the SOII program is a Federal/State cooperative program that publishes annual estimates on nonfatal...

accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work" leading to physical or mental occupational injury. According...

Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, Fourth Edition. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2006-09-04. "ESFI Occupational Injury and Fatality...

in the field of occupational safety and health. NIOSH provides national and world leadership to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and...

of being injured or killed on the job. In 2015, 829 fatal injuries (17% of all occupational fatalities) occurred among contract workers, which only represent...

Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress refers to a chronic condition. Occupational stress can be managed...

The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Malay: Akta Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan 1994) is a piece of Malaysian legislation which was gazetted...

vulnerability of immigrant workers and can increase their risk for occupational injury and limit their access to institutional resources that protect worker...

is a field of study within occupational safety and health and public health. Short term risks may include physical injury (e.g., eye, back, head, etc...

Occupational therapists (OTs) are health care professionals specializing in occupational therapy and occupational science. OTs and occupational therapy...

Retrieved June 20, 2023. "Fatal occupational injuries, total hours worked, and rates1 of fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics...

health, prevention of illness and injury, and protection from work‐related and environmental hazards. Occupational health nurses (OHNs) aim to combine...

mineworkers to sue at common law for damages incurred due to occupational disease and occupational injury. The High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal had found...

Occupational hygiene (United States: industrial hygiene (IH)) is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and confirmation (ARECC) of protection...

overall injury rates compared to all age groups, but are more likely to suffer from fatal and more severe occupational injuries. Of all fatal occupational injuries...

individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers under New Jersey's occupational injuries law, which at the time had a two-year...

Labor Statistics developed the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Under this system injuries are classified by nature, part...

lead to environmental conflict. Additionally, there is significant occupational injury risk involved in logging. Logging can take many formats. Clearcutting...

Mimidis K, et al. (June 2003). "Esophageal and small bowel obstruction by occupational bezoar: report of a case". BMC Gastroenterol. 3 (1): 13. doi:10.1186/1471-230X-3-13...

unemployment and disability benefits, and support for sufferers of occupational injury. More broadly, welfare may also encompass efforts to provide a basic...

that petroleum refinery workers have a significantly lower rate of occupational injury (0.4 OSHA-recordable cases per 100 full-time workers) than all industries...