Six Facts on Workplace Violence in North America
Here are six shocking facts about workplace violence in North [...]

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Too much noise can cause permanent hearing loss. It develops gradually and without pain, but noise-induced hearing loss cannot be reversed.
How This Affects You: Every year thousands of employees are injured in falls from ladders.

A back injury can begin a lifetime of pain, inability to work or play, reduced income and unhappy dealings with medical agencies.
We all know that illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine are hazardous to use. We also know that alcohol is prohibited at work because it is, obviously, intoxicating. But did you know that many other drugs that we take for granted can also affect your ability to do your job safely?

They carry you through heat or cold, wet and slippery conditions. Your feet are also at risk from falling construction materials and equipment. No wonder wearing approved steel-toed boots can be required on the job.
How This Affects You: You can be seriously injured by using common workplace tools incorrectly.

Compressed air can make short work of everything from changing tires to nailing and stapling, but its power demands respect.
Bloodborne pathogens are infectious agents that can cause illness and death.

Laboratories harbor fire and explosion hazards, and radiation hazards. There may be high-powered equipment which could cause cuts, entanglement or electrocution. There also could be biohazardous materials which can cause fatal diseases.
Tools using compressed air can be worth their weight in gold. Handled properly, they save a lot of sweating, grunting and possibly swearing.
How This Affects You: Workplace violence can happen to anyone, even you.

Is there a manhole to a sewage system near your workplace, or an underground vault for an electrical system? Any boiler, tunnel, well, silo, shaft or poorly ventilated crawl space can be a potentially dangerous confined space.
Today, heart disease and stroke take one life every 7 minutes and 90% of Canadians have at least one risk factor.

The hazards associated with compressed gas include oxygen displacement, fires, explosions, toxic effects from certain gases, reactivity and projectile concerns.

Employees often work shifts that consist of many more consecutive hours or days than the average worker in this country. Additionally, people working the night shift are often faced with hazardous work that is deliberately
How This Affects You: The air around you keeps you alive.

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