The United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics released the third of its three reports on lost time injuries in 2002, reporting a total of 1.4 million lost time accidents in private industry for that year, with the vast majority being back related injuries.The two occupations with the
greatest number of such injuries and illnesses - truck drivers and nursing aides, orderlies,
and attendants - offer examples of the characteristics of these cases. Of the 112,200
injured truck drivers, 93 percent were men. Half of their injuries were sprains or strains,
often to the trunk o...
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