DID YOU KNOW (occupational injuries and diseases)

According to the latest release of the Philippine Statistics Authority on occupational injuries and diseases, the top three occupational diseases in 2017 were back pain with 31.3 percent, essential hypertension with 15.5 percent, and neck and shoulder pain with 11.4 percent. Also, the top causes of occupational injuries were stepping on or striking against objects (36.3 percent), getting caught by or in between objects (21 percent), and persons falling (10.5 percent). —Marielle Medina