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North Carolina workplace injury rate: lower than national average
It is not exactly breaking news to note that the federal government often moves slowly. A few days ago, the U.S. Department of Labor released a report on North Carolina workplace injuries in 2016. While some might dismiss the data as dated, the numbers help us to understand where our state stands…
Moving, moving, moving reduces workplace injuries, illnesses
More and more jobs in Charlotte require you to do what you’re likely doing right now: sit at a desk and read from a computer. Researchers say our increasingly sedentary lifestyle is causing us health problems that include the frequency of work-related injuries and illnesses. A recent article in a business…
Study: Sexual harassment leads to physical, psychological problems
Every day it seems as if another powerful politician or media figure is accused of sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct. It turns out that workplace harassers make the lives of their victims unpleasant in more than one way. A university study shows that sexual harassment in the workplace directly contributes…
A look at older workers and injuries in the workplace
There is a wide variety of reasons for older citizens to work past retirement age. For some, their motivation is purely financial: they need to continue to earn money. Social Security retirement is simply not going to cover all of their bills. For others, work provides an opportunity to stay…
Construction firms highlight list of America’s safest companies
The safest companies in the U.S. come in all sizes and shapes. From an analytic laboratory to petroleum waste management and from electrical engineering to office furniture manufacturing and beyond, the companies on the annual EHS Today list share a commitment to worker safety. Each of the firms understands that workplace…
The study of workplace safety
Human engineering might sound like a mad scientist’s exploration of DNA, but it is really nothing more sinister than the study of how people can be placed efficiently and safely in work environments. Another word for this line of study: ergonomics. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says…
Bad vibrations: preventing hand-arm vibration syndrome
It has been 100 years since it first occurred to doctors to look closely at the reports from certain workers of numbness in their arms and fingers, as well as discoloration. Back in 1918, an occupational physician studied stone cutters who complained of the symptoms. In 2017, the condition is…
Life without paid sick leave has added stress
As you probably know, North Carolina law does not require employers to grant to their employees paid sick leave. A recent study published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry shows that workers who do not get receive paid sick leave experience significant stress worrying that if they get sick, they…
Your work schedule might be a killer
When you are wheeled into the emergency room of a Charlotte hospital, one of the very last things on your mind are the long hours the ER physician might have endured over the past week. But in many hospitals, ER doctors and nurses work long hours on rotating shifts that…
Charlotte construction work is rough on the body
Charlotte construction workers know better than anyone how rough work can be on the body. Some experts say construction workers might not realize how those aches, pains and injuries can add up and make them more vulnerable to opioid addiction, however. A recent news article said that 20 percent of…
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