In 2010, nursing and residential care facilities experienced one of the highest rates of lost workdays due to injuries and illnesses of all major American industries, according to BLS. Data also show that many of the injuries within this sector were attributed to overexer-tion as well as to slips, trips and falls. These stats led OSHA to create a new national emphasis program (NEP) for nursing and residential care facilities. "These are people who have dedicated their lives to caring for our loved ones when they are not well. It is not acceptable that they continue to get hurt at such high rates," says David Michaels, OSHA Administrator. "Our new emphasis program for inspecting these facilities will strengthen protections for society's caretakers."
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