Shipping pallets—often used as display platforms in retail settings or seen as raw material for household projects—were responsible for sending more than 30,000 people to the emergency rooms of U.S. hospitals over a recent ...
Dec 2, 2020
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A review of workers' compensation claims indicates that workers in Oregon's seafood processing industry are suffering serious injuries at higher rates than the statewide average, and the rate of injuries appears to be on ...
Mar 16, 2017
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A comprehensive evaluation by clinical researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania identified a neurological syndrome that left U.S. government personnel serving in Havana, Cuba with persistent ...
Feb 15, 2018
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Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research demonstrated that biomarkers associated with traumatic brain injury were elevated among law enforcement and military personnel, particularly in active duty participants ...
May 4, 2021
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As the Act on Farmers' and Fishers' Occupational Injury and Disease Insurance and Prevention was finally passed in 2016 as the result of experts' persistent effort in South Korea, demands to develop intervention programs, ...
Jun 1, 2021
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A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University compared medically attended noncccupational and occupational ...
Aug 6, 2012
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Low-wage workers, who make up a large and growing share of the U.S. workforce, are especially vulnerable to financial hits that can result from on-the-job injuries and illnesses, according to a policy brief released today ...
Dec 13, 2012
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Managing people's altered behavior after a traumatic brain injury needs more specific attention and better guidelines, according to new research from Flinders University's College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Feb 7, 2023
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Working outdoors during periods of extreme heat can cause discomfort, heat stress, or heat illnesses—all growing concerns for people who live and work in Southwestern cities like Las Vegas, where summer temperatures creep ...
May 11, 2022
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Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. The study analysed data on nearly 16 million ...
Jun 11, 2018
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