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5 Ways To Protect Your Workers From Occupational Hazards

Published on Fri Feb 05, 2010

These checklists help you keep workers safe and improve retention. If you're looking for ways to keep your home care employees safe and on the job, the Centers for Disease Control has a new 51-page resource for you, and we've got some information about how you can improve upon an important point it missed. "Occupational Hazards in Home Healthcare,"which is co-written by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health identifies the top hazards and offers tips for combating them. Don't miss: The checklists at the end of the booklet help workers think about how things as simple as the shoes they wear or talking on the cell phone while driving can impact their safety. The first step is awareness. Some top dangers, according to the report, include: overexertion, stress, guns and other weapons, illegal drugs, verbal abuse and other forms of violence in the home or community, bloodborne pathogens, [...]
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