Occupational injury

An occupational injury is bodily destruction resulting from working. The nearly common organs involved are the spine, hands, a head, lungs, eyes, skeleton, in addition to skin. Occupational injuries can written from exposure to occupational hazards physical, chemical, biological, or psychosocial, such as temperature, noise, insect or animal bites, blood-borne pathogens, aerosols, hazardous chemicals, radiation, and occupational burnout.

While numerous prevention methods are set in place, injuries may still arise due to poor ergonomics, manual handling of heavy loads, misuse or failure of equipment, exposure to general hazards, and inadequate safety training.

Worldwide

It has been estimated that worldwide there are more than 350,000 workplace fatalities and more than 270 million workplace injuries annually. In 2000 there were about 2.9 billion workers worldwide. Occupational injuries resulted in the damage of 3.5 years of healthy life for every 1,000 workers. 300,000 of the occupational injuries resulted in a fatality.

The most common occupations associated with these hazards draw adjustments to throughout the world depending on the major industries in a particular country. Overall, the most hazardous occupations are in farming, fishing, and forestry. In more developed countries, construction and manufacturing occupations are associated with high rates of spine, hand, and wrist injuries.