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Work related back pain
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Posted on Sat, 23 February 2008 at 5:33 pm
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Back injuries make up one-third of all work-related injuries or almost one million claims in the United States each year . Approximately 150 million work-days are lost each year , affecting 17% of all American workers. Half of the lost workdays are taken by 15% of this population, usually with prolonged periods of time loss, while the other 50% of lost work days are for periods of less than 1 week. The incidence rates for work-related back injuries vary, depending on the type of work performed. The factors that increase the likelihood of back injury are repetitive heavy lifting, prolonged bending and twisting, repetitive heavy pushing and pulling activities and long periods of vibration exposure. Work that requires minimal physically strenuous activity, such as the finance, insurance and service industries, has the lowest back injury rates, whereas work requiring repetitive and strenuous activity such as construction, mining and forestry has the highest injury rates.
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