Worldwide, it is estimated that a sedentary lifestyle is responsible for 6% of coronary heart disease cases, 7% of type 2 diabetes, 10% of breast cancer and 10% of colon cancer cases. In fact, it was recently reported that inactivity is responsible for more annual deaths than smoking.
Workplace Ladder Falls a Major Cause of Deaths, Injuries: CDC. There were 113 ladder-related deaths, more than 34,000 ER-treated injuries in 2011 alone. Please note: This article was published more than one year ago. The facts and conclusions presented may have since changed and may no longer be accurate. And More information links may no longer work.
Further Welder Injury Statistics: âAn estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65% of the construction industry, work on scaffolds frequently. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related injuries would prevent 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths every year, at a savings for American employers of $90 million in workdays not lost.â