With the potential spread of blood-borne diseases, it's important that your employees use care when handling
blood spills in the workplace.
No time for exercise? You may be getting more exercise than you think if you count those
everyday activities like gardening, housecleaning and walking.
As employers, you know the importance of
physically fit employees -- fewer illnesses and injuries, decreased absenteeism, increased job satisfaction and improved morale. But what does it take to get a physical-fitness program off the ground and keep it flying?
The
MeritCare Occupational Health Center has been approved as an
accredited collection facility by the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA), and MeritCare's collectors are DATIA-certified collectors as well.
Yes, it's your employees who must take precautions to protect themselves against falls in the workplace. But ultimately,
providing fall protection equipment and safety training and documentation are all the employer's responsibility.
With
skin cancer on the rise, it's more important than ever that you and your work group know how to prevent it.
When an employee-client of the MeritCare Occupational Health Center is injured on the job rarely is R&R prescribed anymore. Instead the injured worker begins
rehabilitation the day of the injury – which results in a faster return-to-work and a more complete recovery.
Health can be broken down into five elements: physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual. While physical health is the most commonly considered of these components, balancing all five is vital to
achieving optimal health on the job and off.
Every day, professional mechanics are potentially exposed to high levels of
asbestos, a heat-resistant and highly toxic substance found in some vehicle brake pads.
At least one million workers in the manufacturing industries alone have sustained job-related
hearing loss. As an employer, you have several reasons to be concerned about this problem.
When one of your employees is injured on the job, you want information ... and quickly. The
Return-to-Work Case Management Program at MeritCare Occupational Health Center offers that and more.
As employers, we should be concerned about a disease that in North Dakota alone kills 1,000 people a year—more deaths than alcohol, car accidents, fire, suicide, homicide, AIDS and illicit drugs combined. That disease is
smoking.
When temperatures soar to the 90s and humidity is high, the conditions are ideal for
heatstroke. If you have employees who work outdoors, it's of special concern.
More than 3 million teenagers work at summer jobs, and, for the vast majority, work is a rewarding experience. Still, despite most employers' efforts to provide a
safe work environment, a sizeable number of teens risk being injured or killed on the job.
Stress signifies different things for different people, but in general, the feeling of not having control is always distressful. A certain amount of stress helps us focus and get things done. Keeping a balance is the key. If there is too little stress we feel bored, restless and unhappy. But too much leads to distress, and this affects our health.