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... a workers compensation claim. Obesity is associated with a twenty five percent (25%) higher risk of work-related injury. The impact on employee safety can be significant too. Good physical and mental health, combined with the absence of chronic health risk factors, has been associated with low occupational...

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... work-related injuries in the US. In 2011, 570 agricultural workers died from work-related injuries. The fatality rate for agricultural workers was 7 times higher than the fatality rate for all workers in the private industry. Based on 100,000 workers, agricultural workers had a fatality rate of 24.9...

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..., and continues to rise steadily. Moreover, there are even greater amounts of costs arising out of work-related injuries, including the loss of productivity, the amount of time spent dealing with the claims and injured employees, the loss of good will in the employer/employee relationship, and so forth...

... of all employers are generally not required to record work-related injuries and illnesses, either because the employers are too small (have fewer than 11 employees) or because they are in industries with historically low rates of injuries and illnesses and have thus been exempted by OSHA from recording...

.... Current regulations enacted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) allow for 11 hours of continuous driving within a 24-hour window. This combination of risk factors places truck drivers as one of the most likely occupations to develop a work-related injury. Consider the Scenario #1...

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...: In theory, the management of work-related injuries and illness is guided by both med cal and disability considerations, with a primary focus on return to work. Medical care for occupational injuries requires no co-payment or deductible, so there is no economic disincentive for the worker to receive...