| Thousands of people are injured in the United States | | | | gases, height, heat, sharp moving machinery, poisonous |
| each day while at work. While there are more | | | | gases, and explosive materials. These hazards can |
| susceptible occupation types, injuries can be sustained | | | | lead to such injuries as: repetitive strain injury, |
| in most any job. To protect both workers and | | | | asbestosis, and Silicosis. |
| employers, all states have enacted workers | | | | Some of the most dangerous occupations types are |
| compensation laws. | | | | workers in the industries of timber cutting, fishing, pilots |
| While injuries occur to every area of the body, the | | | | navigators, drivers-sales workers, roofing, structural |
| most usual organs involved in on the job injuries are: | | | | metal workers, and farm occupations. For example, for |
| back, neck, hands, head, eyes, lungs, and skin. Common | | | | every 100,000-timber cutters, on average about 118 |
| causes of industrial injury are poor ergonomics (such | | | | workers die each year and thousands are injured. |
| as an administrative worker with an improperly fitted | | | | Employers in these occupation types pay higher |
| chair or desk height), exposure to general hazards, | | | | workers compensation insurance premiums. For |
| misuse of failure of equipment, and inadequate safety | | | | example in Washington state, select jobs in the logging |
| training. For example, the wearing loose clothing, | | | | industry are charged as high as ten dollars per hour for |
| jewelry, or hair getting entangled in machinery happens | | | | workers compensation coverage. Other less risky |
| all to often and can be easily avoided by following | | | | occupation such as a clerical worker, the rate may be |
| proper procedures. | | | | as low as eleven cents for each employee hour |
| There are many hazards in the workplace. Some of | | | | worked. |
| the most common are: fire, electricity, flammable | | | | |