Stress Injuries Increase: If you work in...
Stress Injuries Increase: If you work in Orange County, you’re most likely to injure yourself by spraining something; getting a hernia; or cutting or bruising yourself. Stressing yourself out is also right up there, either from working--or getting fired.
Stress is also the fastest-growing work-related ailment in the county.
That’s the word from the Orange County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which recently surveyed 70 of its members.
Most troubling finding: On-the-job injuries are on the rise among those surveyed, from 950 reported accidents in 1990 to a projected 2,000 this year.
Major causes of injuries: carelessness, hiring the wrong person for the job, unsafe conditions, and not enough training.
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