Nurse & Allied Health Worker Injury: Why Healthcare Has One of the Highest Injury Rates in the US
Here is a fact that surprises almost everyone: the workers most likely to get hurt on the job are not roofers or steelworkers, they are nurses and aides. By nonfatal injury rate, healthcare outpaces construction and manufacturing, and the causes are specific and persistent: lifting patients, needle sticks, and a rising tide of workplace violence. Here is what the data shows, and the occupational health framework that addresses all three.
