#occupational-health

#occupational-health

On a cold morning in December 2024, florist Madeline King was on a buying trip to her local wholesaler when a wave of dizziness nearly knocked her over. As rows of roses seemed to rush past her, she tried to focus. She quickly picked the blooms she needed and left. I'm not doing this any more, she thought. That month, after eight years, she closed her Minneapolis-based florist.

Most posture gadgets target office workers hunched over laptops, buzzing when your shoulders curl forward, or your neck drifts too far from neutral. Meanwhile, people doing physically demanding jobs, like young farmers, quietly rack up back pain and joint strain from long hours of bending, squatting, and lifting in fields. That strain is often treated as just part of the job until it becomes a serious problem threatening long-term health and livelihood.

She was born November 11, 1937, in Troy, New York to Thomas and Florence (Palso) Connally. As a teen, Carol attended Catholic Central High School in Troy and then went on to St. Peter School of Nursing in Albany, New York where she received a diploma in nursing. Feeling a special call to serve, Carol entered the Maryknoll Convent in Ossining, New York. After taking her vows, she was sent to St. Francis School of Anesthesia in La Crosse, WI, graduating as a nurse anesthetist.

Workers, doctors and lawyers unite in calls for urgent reform to fix a system described as adversarial, outdated and unfair, writes Andrew Klein. The new workplace reality exposes systemic flaws The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation's workers' compensation systems, revealing fundamental flaws in how workplace injuries are recognised, assessed and compensated.

Repeated exposure to heatwaves is accelerating ageing in people, according to a study. The impact is broadly comparable with the damage smoking, alcohol use, poor diet or limited exercise can have on health, the researchers said. Extreme temperatures are increasingly common owing to the climate crisis, potentially causing widespread and long-lasting damage to the health of billions, the scientists warned.

"We learned from that. When you start taking people to the hospital, it's not fun." - Jose Chavez reflects on the serious repercussions of heat illness among workers.

Anja Bensinger-Stolze stated that there must be uniform occupational health and safety regulations for students and school employees, ensuring their protection during heat waves.

"One of the things I remember, especially when I was doing sugar beets, is that I would lay down on the ditches on the road because my back was killing me. I was only 12 years old."