When you trained to work in a dental office as a hygienist, dental technician or dental assistant, you likely didn’t spend a lot of time focusing on the inherent risks of the job. You just wanted to help people. However, dentists and the professionals who assist them...
Truck driving jobs can offer competitive wages and the potential for independence. With those benefits comes significant risk on the job, however. Truck drivers spend all day on the road and in industrial settings, which means they have the potential to be injured on...
When you get hurt at work, it isn't always an accident. The term accident implies that no one has fault for the situation. Many workplace injuries are the result of a mistake, oversight or other issue. In other words, someone might be at fault, and the injury might...
How common are back injuries in your industry? Do you know? Data published in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics captured how at least 2.8 million private-sector workers suffered non-fatal workplace injuries on the job that year. At...
If you slip while walking on a newly waxed floor, trip over carpet, catch your ankle in machinery or otherwise injure yourself because of hazards on the job, remember that you should be able to seek workers’ compensation. Workers’ compensation is meant to cover any...
