Next on OSHA’s radar? Birds, skunks and robots
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Workplace injuries can happen for a lot of reasons, and Pie Insurance just unveiled how crazy it can get.
According to the small business workers compensation insurer’s recent workplace safety survey of 1,034 businesses, 30% of small business owners wished they had focused more on employee safety from the start of owning a business.
Why? Because a bird flew into a worker’s face while they were on the roof of a house and broke their nose. And an employee broke their foot while frantically running away from a spider. Also, a customer opened a champagne bottle and the employee got popped in the eye by the cork. Not to mention that an employee slipped from being chased by a chicken and another was bit by a baby skunk at a worksite.
Such are the highlights of the survey that provided some insight into uncommon events that let employers know that accidents can happen anywhere, anytime.
