As a business owner, you may feel you've taken the proper precautions to ensure you provide a safe working environment as an employee, you may assume you're safe at work according to statistics from national safety council every year,4600000 workplace in juries occur every week 88500 injuries occur in the workplace, every day 12600 workers are injuries on the job. every hour there are 510 injuries in the workplace, there are several common situations that cause these injuries to occur.

Overexertion causes when you push your body too hard or you've been perfoming a repetitive motion that leads to an injury equipment related injuries.

The NSC concludes that about 26% of all workplace injuries are related to equipment tranprotation related or vehicle accidents, workplace vehicle crashes relating to death or injury that occurred when employees were in transportation-related or vehicle accidents while doing their job slips and falls. an empoyee may trip over a step in an office or slip on an oil spill in a warehouse and accidents may only lead to minor injuries or can lead to severe injuries. such as an injury back or an broken arm chemical exposure mishanding or exposure to certain chemical substances.

May cause a fire or explosion which can lead to an injury, which industries have the most workpalce injuries. according to the bureau of labor statistics the five industries with the most workplace injuries include construction. construction workers may fall from buildings or get injuries while operating tools transportation, transportation workers can get into accidents on the road or be injured by faulty equipment professional and business services. injuries can occur in the workplace such as slips and falls on a wet floor agriculture, agricultural workers may become injured while operation farm equipment or interating with large animals government workers may be injured performing goverment jobs by improperly operating equipment or getting into car accidents to prevent workplace injuries. Employers must implement best practies in the workplace. this should include an emphasis on communication.communicating with employees about safety best practices.

Ensures that all workers understand safety, safety policies clear safety policies that employees understand and feel motivated to implement is crucial to workplace safety discipline employees must be informed of a strict disciplinary system, if they don't follow safety precautions a reporting system a reporting system allows employees and supervisors to speak up over non-complicance issues or safety risks. when workers understand how to prevent accidents and employers implement safety plans, the work environment remains relatively safe. however if a workplace injury occurs. it's important for an employer and employee to work together to remedy the situation.