It’s a shocking fact that hospitals rank as one of the most dangerous workplaces in America. A new pamphlet released by OSHA reports that U.S. hospitals recorded 253,700 work-related injuries and illness in 2011. Of those, 58,860 employees (23.2%) missed work due to their injuries. Such injury and illness rates are “almost twice the rate […]
Archives for March 2014
Safety Tips for Outdoor Workers During Cold Weather in New York
During this long cold winter, most of us have the luxury of hunkering down inside an office or another warm building, but many New York workers have jobs that require them to work outdoors – even in freezing temperatures. Working outdoors in these frigid conditions can give rise to serious workplace injuries and illness. In […]