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Article: Profiles in safety and health: retail grocery stores.
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1992
- Author:
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This industry reported large numbers of work-related injuries and illnesses in store and warehouse operations; stock handlers and retail sales clerks sustained serious sprains, cuts, and other disabling disorders
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