 | Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts Subjects: Engineering & Technology; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Civil Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering; Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing; Medicine; Environmental Health; Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Ergonomics; The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently calculated nearly 60,000 musculoskeletal injuries to healthcare workers resulting from heavy lifting during attempts to move patients. Often the nurses, aides, orderlies, and attendants who suffered permanent injuries were forced out of the profession, straining an already inadequate pool of workers and |
