Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new report from NIOSH that aims to better illuminate impacts of drug overdoses in the workplace, especially since drug overdose fatalities continue increasing across the country.
The study examined drug overdose deaths of workers occurring in US workplaces between 2011-2016. Key findings included that nearly half of workplace overdose deaths occurred in three industries: transportation and warehousing, construction, and healthcare and social assistance; one-third of workplace overdose deaths occurred in businesses with fewer than 10 employees; the largest category of drugs used in workplace overdose deaths were illicit drugs, and heroin was the single most frequent drug associated with workplace overdose deaths.
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