What are the Most Common Occupational Diseases?

When most people think of workplace injury they immediately think of accidents causing physical injury. While these accidents certainly happen, there is another type of workplace injury that is a very real threat for workers in many industries – occupational disease.

An occupational disease is an illness that develops as a result of workplace conditions or a workers exposure to something in the workplace. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common occupational diseases are:

Irritant and Allergic Dermatitis

Dermatitis is the most common occu