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Stress-Related Injury Prevention Business Plan, Jose Lucio
Stress-Related Injury Prevention Business Plan, Jose Lucio
Occupational Therapy Capstones
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Injury Prevention In The Workplace, Jeremy Anderson
Injury Prevention In The Workplace, Jeremy Anderson
Occupational Therapy Capstones
Ergonomic assessments and proper body mechanics are the common practice for educating post injury employees. However, injury prevention protocols are often not a routine practice although they are believed to be essential in decreasing the number of injuries on the job, and lowering related costs to the employer.
Research literature consistently identifies the negative fiscal, psychological, emotional and physical impact of occupational injuries on both society and the individual worker. Occupational injuries account for billions of dollars every year in medical and workers compensation costs not taking into account the billions in indirect costs. The issue is that despite the …