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Article: Stress: risk management's most serious challenge?(Stress Management)
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- Risk Management
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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The cost of stress on workers in U.S. organizations is startling. From 1997 to 2001, the number of workers calling in sick due to stress tripled. The National Safety Council estimates that up to one million employee absences per day are for stress related reasons. The American Institute of Stress reports that stress is a major factor in up to 80 percent all work-related injuries and 40 percent of workplace turnovers. It also found that up to 90 percent of primary care physician visits noted stress as a major contributing factor.
According to some leading insurance carriers, up to one-third of all workers' compensation claims can be attributed to stress on the ...