Did you know, workplace injuries cost employers nearly $60billion a year? Nearly three million on-the-job injuries occureach year (and more than one-third of those injuries required timeoff from work in order to recover)?

Did you know 1.2 million missed work days were reported in 2017due to injuries? Or that workers took an average of eight days awayfrom the workplace to recuperate from these injuries?

These jarring statistics come directly from the Bureau of LaborStatistics and present an accurate—and frightening—picture of wherewe’re at when it comes to injuries in the workplace.

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