Pain in the Back

摘要

Check your Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) logs and workers compensation records. If yours is like most organizations, back injuries top the list. Back pain accounts for more than 25 percent of workplace injuries industrywide. Eight out of 10 Americans will be affected by back pain at some point, and regardless of the cause, the burden often falls on the workplace. Employers must help employees protect their backs from injury.