Most Susceptible Industries
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the average number of overexertion injuries is around 35 per 10,000 workers.
The radiology department could be identified as high-risk.
Industries where patient handling injuries are above the national average include:
- long-term care (2x average) (includes facilities that provide skilled or non-skilled nursing care)
- acute care (2x average) (includes hospitals, out-patient surgical centers, and clinics)
- home healthcare workers (3x average injuries)
- ambulance workers (5x average injuries)
- others (2x average) (includes physical therapists, radiologists, sonographers, etc.)
Some examples of areas of a facility that may be identified as high-risk include:
- bathing rooms
- extended care wings
- diagnostic units (for example, radiology, emergency department, spinal unit and orthopedics department)
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1-3. The highest number of overexertion injuries per 10,000 workers occurs among _____.
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