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What types of accidents are among the most common causes of serious work-related injuries and deaths?

A.
Falls

B.
Machinery

C.
Sharps

D.
Ergonomics

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D. Ergonomics should but the answer
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Answer:

A. Falls

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the National Safety Council, every 7 seconds a worker is injures on the job. Their stats point to falls as the third most common accidents:

Overextension with a 33.54%: to prevent this people must avoid bending or trying to reach something.

Contact with objects and equipment like struck against an object, it has a 26% of all injuries. Wear the proper protective equipment can avoid this.

Strips, trips and falls have 25.8% of all injuries.

So, this statistics show that, among the options, falls is the most common cause of injuries at work.

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