Every Friday we pass on a few articles, pictures, videos, infographics, etc. we enjoyed throughout the week in a “Best of the Week” post.
Five Safety Resolutions for 2012
MarketWatch
In 2010, more than 3.9 million workplace injuries and illnesses were reported, many of which were preventable. No significant changes to these statistics are expected for 2011 …
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Sitting: 6 Reasons It’s Bad For Your Health
Huffington Post
Consensus is not always an easy thing to come by in the health and wellness worlds, but if there’s one topic that inspires seemingly little debate, it is sitting. As in, on your duff. And how it’s not great for us, health-wise …
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OSHA Makes Its Case for I2P2 In New White Paper
EHS Today
The introduction to OSHA’s new Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) white paper stresses that the agency “believes that injury and illness prevention programs provide the foundation for breakthrough changes in the way employers identify and control hazards, leading to a significantly improved workplace health and safety environment.” …
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Cost of Job-Related Illnesses Exceeds Cost of all Cancers, Diabetes, and Strokes
EHS Today
A new NIOSH-funded study from J. Paul Leigh, a professor of public health sciences at the University of California – Davis, determined that the cost of job-related injuries and illnesses is $250 billion, which is $31 billion more than the cost of all cancers and $76 billion more than the cost of diabetes. The study results beg the question: Is industry and the federal government doing enough to eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses and their associated costs? …
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From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week – The Art and Science of Injury Prevention
