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Car, truck and bus accidents are the most common causes of work-related fatality in Minnesota and around the country, making up 36 percent of all deaths on the job. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that from 1998 to 2000, injuries from motor...
Workers in Minnesota are injured on the job due to a variety of different reasons and causes. For some workers, physical exertion can lead to musculoskeletal injuries like joint dislocations or muscle strains. Other workers are injured as a result of an unsafe work...
Many Minnesota workers are injured every year in workplace accidents. Although the numbers of those injured remain high, the rates of workplace injuries have actually declined over the past 11 years nationwide. Experts attribute the continued decline in workplace...
There are a variety of workplace injuries covered by Minnesota's workers' compensation law. Specific injuries are what most people imagine when they hear about a worker getting hurt. These are injuries suffered at a specific time in accidents such as falling off a...
Falls present a significant risk of injury to workers in the construction industry as well as in general industry jobs. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or OSHA, has multiple regulations in place for employers to follow in order to reduce the number...
Workplace accidents injure thousands of people a year and cost billions of dollars. Minnesota workers might be interested to learn that 73.1 percent of workplace injuries in 2010 were caused by one of five things, according to Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index....
Between 4 and 10 million Americans are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome, and it may be the most common disorder related to nerve function. Fortunately, it is considered to be very treatable. Many conditions are mislabeled as carpal tunnel syndrome, but certain...
Minnesota employers should be aware that musculoskeletal disorders resulted in 33 percent of all work-related injuries in 2011. Because a musculoskeletal disorder affects an employee's performance or ability to work, an injury could result in an employee taking time...
Minnesota workers who suffer an injury to their spine should rightfully be concerned with more than the direct impact of the injury. The spine is responsible for sending messages between the brain and other locations in the body. An injury to this area of the body can...
Health care workers in Minnesota and around the country are exposed to more risks to their health and safety than workers in any other private sector, according to data from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This fact was brought to many people's...
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