Minnesota nurses and other health care workers already face exposures to pathogens and sometimes violent patients. Now, an increasingly overweight and obese population may be contributing to musculoskeletal disorders because workers strain themselves while physically moving heavy patients.
Overweight population contributing to health care worker injuries
Nail salon employees face risks from chemicals used
Minnesota residents may not realize the risk certain individuals in the cosmetics industry face as attempts at regulating some of the chemicals used in nail salons have not succeeded. Some reports show that the harmful chemicals used could lead to miscarriages, asthma, cancer and respiratory diseases.
Worker injured in motor sports race
Minnesota motor sports fans may not have known that a safety worker was injured at the end of a championship race at Detroit's Belle Isle Raceway on May 30. According to initial reports, it was not clear how the unidentified safety worker suffered the injuries.
