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Your Answer To Understanding Sport Injuries and
The Correct Treatment To Follow |
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Increasing numbers of Americans of all ages are participating in sports.
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Spot, Evaluate and Control Workplace Hazards |
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Risks are everywhere. In fact, simply sitting in a chair can involve risk. The problem is when the risk becomes an actual hazard.
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Prevention and Treatment of Poison Ivy/Oak/Sumac |
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Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are the most common causes of allergic skin rashes in the United States. Poison ivy is most common east of the Rocky Mountains and usually grows as a vine.
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Delayed Poisoning Emergencies |
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Poisoning and overdose can take many forms. In some cases, the toxic material or overdosed drug causes immediate symptoms. In others, exposure to a substance can cause no immediate symptoms, but may lead to an increase in lifetime risk of cancer or blood, liver or lung disease.
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ED Update |
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The difference between a workplace fatality and a success story is about 10 minutes.
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Brush Up On First Aid Basics |
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Alton Thygerson, professor of health science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, brought first aid practitioners up to date on the latest first aid techniques during a session at the National Safety Council's 91st Congress & Expo in September 2003.
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OSHA: Employers Must Post Injury Summaries |
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Beginning this month, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requiring companies that employ ten or more people to post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year.
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On The Job Safety and Injury Prevention vs
The Rising Cost Of Workers' Compensation Cost |
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Reducing injuries and increasing job safety has not only ethical rationale but also cost saving opportunities.
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Keep Employees Safe When They Travel Abroad |
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What kind of guidelines should a company have for employees traveling abroad?
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Sick Employees Cost Businesses $60 Billion a Year |
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Headaches, back pain, arthritis and other muscle and joint pain cost the nation's employers more than $60 billion a year in lost productivity, a study has found..
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Occupational Safety Rx Newsletter Special Report
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on December 17, 2001, encouraged employers to place automated external defibrillators in workplaces.
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Occupational Health Update |
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Representative Robert Menendez, D-N.J., introduced in November the Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2001, or BioPact. The measure is designed to strengthen the nation's ability to respond to a biological weapon of mass destruction.
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