OSHA To Go After
Hospitals For Ergonomic Hazards
Hospitals
could be penalized by the federal Occupation Safety and Hazard Administration
for risking injury to nurses. OSHA announced it intends to issue fines for
ergonomic hazards in hospitals. The nursing profession has the highest rate of
on-the-job injuries of any other in the country.
Jennifer
Chesebro is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Nurse Practitioning at Brockport.
She says she thinks hospitals want to do more to protect nurses, and this push
from OSHA might incentivize them to do so.
"I
think this encouragement, this great website OSHA has talking about how
important it is, and how important it is to try to protect our nurses from all
the injuries, how many injuries there really are, and things that can be done
to help: I hope that makes a difference. I think it might."
Chesebro
says she sees physical therapists used in training new hospital employees, but
that does not go far enough. OSHA announced it will partly focus on whether or
not hospitals utilize equipment to help nurses move patients.
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