Citation

McCarthy M. BMJ 2013; 347: f4701.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.f4701

PMID

23881950

Abstract

Comment / News: Healthcare workers suffer more of certain types of injury than workers in any other sector in the United States, including manufacturing and construction, but federal safety inspections are rare, a report has found.

The report was prepared by Public Citizen, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization based in Washington, DC.

According to the paper, healthcare employers reported nearly 654 000 workplace injuries in 2010, the year for which the most recent comprehensive data were available, 152 000 more than the industry with the next highest number of reports—manufacturing.

Because of the size of the healthcare sector, the overall rate of injuries and illnesses per worker was less than for workers in many other industries.

The full report may be found at:
http://www.citizen.org/documents/health-care-workers-unprotected-2013-report.pdf

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