https://safetyatworkblog.com/2012/08/24/new-research-on-doctor-visits-hints-at-new-areas-of-ohs-research/ Award winning news, commentary and opinion on workplace health and safety Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://safetyatworkblog.com/2012/08/24/new-research-on-doctor-visits-hints-at-new-areas-of-ohs-research/#comment-5074 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:06:44 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.com/?p=10857#comment-5074 Your post rises a great point: \”we still do not know quite what to do with mental health issues.\” Such factors as stress, depression, and anxiety are very difficult to prove as being work related injuries. However, same as physical workplace injuries, psychological ones cannot be underestimated. Consider, for example, working in a dangerous industry such as construction or mining. Can you imagine how much stress workers (and their families) face every day and how much health damage it can cause, as it is not a secret lots of health issues come from stress? We really hope that improving safety at the workplace will diminish the stress indices among workers.

]]> https://safetyatworkblog.com/2012/08/24/new-research-on-doctor-visits-hints-at-new-areas-of-ohs-research/#comment-5073 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://safetyatworkblog.com/?p=10857#comment-5073 Hello Kevin one of the issues is a legal one in that you can link a compensation claim for depression much easier in court if you can claim it was caused by a workplace accident causing an injury ,this is from a lawyer ,also the insurance company has to accept the psycho-social injury is work related or it wont accept the claim ,and subsequently report it ,so an employee puts his employment at risk claiming depression, if it is not accepted the company may say he is unfit for work and stand them down ,they would also have to pay their own medical costs ,it would be interesting to compare the gp,s data on these conditions compared to nosi

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