From: . The most common injuries experienced by workers in the Health and Aged care services industry. According to this diagram, the most common injury experienced by workers in Health and Aged care services industry is to the lower back. Why do you think this is the case? The amount of people handling that is involved in the care of older people/ having to lift the person from a bed or chair. Use the information in the diagram on the previous page to complete the % column in the following table (Table 1). Body part % of total Injury type Hazards Back 32 Muscle and tendon sprains and People handling strains Hands and 5 Needlestick injuries/punctures, Skin penetration, fingers crushing hand or fingers. Muscle People handling strain Shoulder 15 Muscle and tendon sprains and People handling strains Knee 7 Muscle and tendon sprains and Slips, trips and falls strains Forearm/Wrist 6 Muscle and tendon sprains and People handling strains Neck 6 Muscle and tendon sprains and People handling strains Psychological 12? Anxiety, depression, work-related Occupational stress system stress Leg 3 Muscle and tendon sprains and Slips, trips and falls strains A box holds 15 lettuces. At the end of the day the farm crew had filled 86 boxes. How many lettuces is that in total? Show how you worked this out. 15 X 86 = 1290 Diesel costs $1.86 per litre. The is empty. When full it holds 1200 litres. tractor’s fuel tank How much money would it cost to fill up the tractor with fuel? Show how you worked this out. $1.86 X 1200 = $2232.00 The table below shows the average price of petrol per litre for the period July 2009 to June 2010. Read the information and then answer the questions that follow. Month Average price/litre July 2009 $1.14 August 2009 $1.15
From: . The most common injuries experienced by workers in the Health and Aged care services industry. According to this diagram, the most common injury experienced by workers in Health and Aged care services industry is to the lower back. Why do you think this is the case? The amount of people handling that is involved in the care of older people/ having to lift the person from a bed or chair. Use the information in the diagram on the previous page to complete the % column in the following table (Table 1). Body part % of total Injury type Hazards Back 32 Muscle and tendon sprains and strains People handling Hands and fingers 5 Needlestick injuries/punctures, crushing hand or fingers. Muscle strain Skin penetration, People handling Shoulder 15 Muscle and tendon sprains and strains People handling Knee 7 Muscle and tendon sprains and strains Slips, trips and falls Forearm/Wrist 6 Muscle and tendon sprains and strains People handling Neck 6 Muscle and tendon sprains and strains People handling Psychological system 12? Anxiety, depression, work-related stress Occupational stress Leg 3 Muscle and tendon sprains and strains Slips, trips and falls A box holds 15 lettuces. At the end of the day the farm crew had filled 86 boxes. How many lettuces is that in total? Show how you worked this out. 15 X 86 = 1290 Diesel costs $1.86 per litre. The tractor’s fuel tank is empty. When full it holds 1200 litres. How much money would it cost to fill up the tractor with fuel? Show how you worked this out. $1.86 X 1200 = $2232.00 The table below shows the average price of petrol per litre for the period July 2009 to June 2010. Read the information and then answer the questions that follow. Month Average price/litre July 2009 $1.14 August 2009 $1.15