Who Has More Accidents? Office vs Retail Workers

Paul R Rooney Legal It's Health and Safety at Work Day on 28th April and we're taking a look at some of the dangers faced by two popular professions. Over 25% of jobs are based in offices while 2.27 million people work in retail; but in which one are you more likely to get hurt? On average 13k work related accidents take Vs. place every year in retail work TWO THIRDS of office staff suffer from repetitive strain injury Retail has the 2ND HIGHEST 80,000 number of manual handling injuries PRIVATE-INDUSTRY AROUND Standing up for long periods of time can 700 office & administrative workers suffer some form of injury whilst at work INCREASE THE RISK EVERY YEAR with approximately 5% of injuries lasting for 7 days+ Office workers are Office workers 2.5 of Atherosclerosis ACCOUNT FOR 1 THE HIGHEST HOWEVER number of working days lost from stress, depression (hardening and narrowing of the arteries) times more likely to suffer an injury ------------------ The biggest by far is construction & anxiety THOSE WORKING in retail experience the K STARING 3RD WORKING AT A COMPUTER in retail you are 40% from a FALL O highest number of workplace violence victimisation more likely to be assaulted by than any other job - tripping over desks and carpets or slipping on for long periods of time can cause damage to your vision, along with possible headaches or The 1st and 2nd are Customers than in any other job wet floors MIGRAINES law enforcement AND mental health professionals Sitting at your desk all day puts you at a higher risk of muscular skeletal disorder, INCORRECT -------------------------- diabetes & obesity handling of boxes, stock and heavy items can lead to a higher risk of muscular skeletal disorder IN 2007 ...-........*. ....***... ---.----***--....- a woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries after an 69, year old motorway service station worker was injured when she attempted to prevent a robbery -............-....---.----...- incendiary device blew up in her office in London. She received She was later awarded -........--....-.....--...--..--- £63k ........--........- an undisclosed amount: IN COMPENSATION of compensation *----....-.--.....--.--- Your safety at work is extremely important Take precautions when working and always remember to report and log any incidents in your company's accident book Sources www.einstein.yu.edu www.hse.gov.uk www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com www.dailymail.co.uk www.wowbc.co.uk www.mediate.com www.ilovebacteria.com/papercut