| | Hospitals consider better patient handling equipment Costs cited as a mitigating factor when it comes to installing new lifts It’s no secret that America’s healthcare workers are in danger of injuries sustained from improperly lifting and moving hospital patients. Just ask OSHA.
According to the agency’s statistics, worker injuries from slips, trips, and falls are one of the country’s biggest concerns, especially in hospitals. Injury and illness rates in healthcare, at 5.2 cases for every 100 workers, remain well above the national average of 3.5 cases per 100.
In 2011, U.S. hospitals recorded 253,700 work-related injuries and illnesses—that’s a rate of 6.8 work-related injuries and illnesses for every 100 full-time employees, almost twice as much as for private industry in general.
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