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A company event may be held at the office, a restaurant, a park, a resort, a sporting venue, or an offsite meeting space. It can be called a holiday party, team-building day, awards dinner, safety luncheon, client outing, employee picnic, or volunteer activity. Although the setting may feel social, a work connection can still exist....
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Job training is supposed to make work safer and more effective. Yet new-hire orientations, equipment demonstrations, lifting instruction, ride-alongs, safety drills, conferences, and certification classes can all involve real risk. A worker may trip while touring a facility, suffer a back injury during a lifting demonstration, or get hurt while practicing on unfamiliar equipment. When...
Construction projects rarely involve a single employer. A general contractor may manage the jobsite, while electrical, plumbing, framing, roofing, concrete, and other specialty crews work under separate agreements. When an injury occurs, an injured subcontractor may hear several different answers about workers’ compensation: “Talk to your own company,” “The general contractor is responsible,” or “You...
Healthcare workers regularly place patient care ahead of their own comfort. Nurses, medical assistants, phlebotomists, laboratory staff, dental staff, emergency responders, technicians, and other professionals may handle needles, scalpels, syringes, and sharp instruments every day. When a needlestick occurs, the immediate concern is health and safety. The next concern is often whether the event should...
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A fall in a workplace parking lot can look deceptively simple. An employee parks, walks toward the building, catches a foot on broken pavement, and suffers a serious ankle, knee, or back injury. Or an employee is struck by a vehicle while leaving after a late shift. Because the incident happened before clocking in or...
