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.
OSHA says that 25 percent of workers hurt in scaffold accidents. had no scaffold safety training, and 77 percent of scaffolds lacked. guardrails. OSHA estimates that workers following the safety. rules for scaffolding could save, each year, at least 50 lives and. prevent more than 4,500 accidents.