News tagged with industrial workers
Study: Mine workers and their families suffer the toll of shift work
The shifts worked by mining and energy employees are detrimental to sleep patterns, mental health and family life, the preliminary findings of an Australian study have shown. ...
Health
Nov 23, 2012 |
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On-the-job deaths hold steady; number of burn injuries underreported
The rate of workplace deaths in Michigan remained steady in 2011, as 141 workers died on the job compared with 145 in 2010, according to an annual report from Michigan State University.
Health
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Long-term exposure to silica dust increases risk of death in industrial workers
Industrial workers who have been chronically exposed to silica dust are at substantially higher risk of death from all causes than workers who have not been exposed. Furthermore, the risk of death, especially from lung and ...
Health
Apr 17, 2012 |
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India's global pharmacy role threatened by EU pact
(AP) -- Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through protracted ...
Medications
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Construction industry has highest number of traumatic brain injuries in US workplace
Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, work-related TBI has not been well documented. In a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Me ...
Health
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Six percent of Spanish workers have high cardiovascular risk
The first study into the prevalence of overall cardiovascular risk in the Spanish working population (ICARIA) shows that 6% of workers have a high risk (8% on men and 2% in women). This prevalence increases ...
Cardiology
May 10, 2011 |
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