Strains and sprains accounted for by far the lion's share of workplace injuries that required days away from work in the United States in 2003, according to data just released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).Meanwhile, men suffered the most cases with days away, higher than their percentage of hours worked, the data show.The BLS statistics show 1.3 million injuries and illnesses in private industry required time off work. There also were 980,000 cases of injuries or
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