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    Jun-12-2009

    2008’s Index of Most Disabling Injuries

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    According to Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety the estimated cost of Workmen’s Comp due to disabling injuries and illnesses was 48.6 billion (most recent figure from ’06). That was not a typo – billion is correct. Holy crap is right!

    The most recently released Top Ten list of “Most Disabling Workplace Injuries” from Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index are as follows:

    1.      Overexertion
    2.      Fall On Same Level
    3.      Fall To Lower Level
    4.      Bodily Reaction
    5.      Struck by Object
    6.      Struck Against Object
    7.      Highway Incident
    8.      Caught In/Compressed By
    9.      Repetitive Motion
    10.  Assaults/Violent Acts

    What preventative measures are you taking? Do you have safety plans in place? Do you follow them?

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