While "Snap, Crackle, Pop" is perhaps an apt greeting from a crispy breakfast cereal, it isn't the sound you welcome from your neck, wrist or spine in the course of the workday. But for many workers, these stresses and strains are a painful part of the job. The number of employees with work-related musculoskeletal disorders ranges from 8 to 13 out of every 100 workers, according to OSHA estimates.
No one is keeping track of how many people in safety and health positions are being laid off due to mergers and acquisitions in the business world. But you might identify some disturbing trends if you simply evaluate recent deals in your local area.
Whenever workers move their bodies, they are at risk of a range of injuries. Movement-related injuries include: slips, trips and falls, strains and sprains (due to cumulative trauma or acute causes), repetitive motion disorders, hand injuries, and knee problems.
In this article, I'd like to consider six specific differences between safety management and safety leadership. This is not meant to belittle management. We do, though, need more leadership in safety - and this is not the same as management. But managers can be leaders, too!
This is the second part of Industrial Safety & Hygiene News' exclusive interview with agency Chief Charles Jeffress. Part one appeared in our May issue. Both parts are available on the Internet at www.ishn.com.
A study of Army basic trainees reported in the April issue of a supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds those who were smokers before entering basic training had a 1.5 times higher rate of injuries related to exercise.
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