Healthcare Professionals Increasingly Prone to Workplace Injury, Study Finds
Many people pursue careers in the healthcare industry as a way to help others recover from their injuries and illnesses.
However, in doing so, healthcare workers themselves are increasingly becoming injured.
New data from the Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN) reveals that injury rates for healthcare workers rose from 2012 to 2014 -- with violent injuries in particular becoming more frequent.
Between January 1, 2012 and September 30, 2014, the 112 U.S. healthcare facilities studied reported 10,680 injuries to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Patient handling and movement-related injuries represented 4,674 of these injuries. There were 3,972 slips, trips and falls, and 2,034 instances of workplace violence that led to injury.
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