Work-related injuries - changes over time

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A recent article in The Conversation highlights the changes in workplace injuries over the past fifteen
years.  While musculoskeletal injuries are becoming less prevalent, work related mental health conditions and workplace stress are becoming much more common.

Dying for work: the changing face of work-related injuries was written by Alex Collie, CEO at the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research at Monash University.  He presents comprehensive statistics on the types of injuries over time, who pays for them and the long-term effects, and makes a compelling argument for the need for more support for mental health problems.  "Current systems of injury prevention and compensation were established in the 1970s and 1980s to address the problems of the time. But the world of work is changing."