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Workplace Safety Articles

Back Pain at Work — Preventing Pain and Injury
From the office to the manufacturing floor, workers across the country are dealing with back pain right now. This is preventable, according the this article from the Mayo Clinic. Understand what causes back pain at work and learn what you can do to prevent it.

Preventing the Top 5 Workplace Injuries 
The top 5 workplace injuries in 2010 were overexertion, fall on same level, bodily reaction, fall to lower level and struck by object. Read this article on EHS Today for practical and specific prevention advice for each injury.

Injury and Illness Prevention Programs — OSHA White Paper 
In this 19-page white paper, OSHA outlines the case for injury and illness prevention programs. The main goal of injury and illness prevention programs is to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths, the suffering these events cause workers, and the financial hardship they cause both workers and employers.

7 Tips for Boosting Safety Performance in 2014 
This post from Safety BLR outlines seven essential elements for boosting safety performance, from engaging employees to getting involved in health and wellness.

How to Prevent Sprains and Strains in the Workplace 
Sprains and strains are the leading injury category in the manufacturing environment. This week on the Ergonomics Plus blog, we laid out a comprehensive (yet simple) approach to the complex problem of dealing with soft tissue injuries in the workplace.