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Being described as a perfectionist often carries a positive connotation. It implies high standards and a keen attention to detail. If you are on the receiving end, you can generally count on work being provided that is of excellent quality. If you are the carrier of that title, however, it is very likely that you pay a high price. Perfection is often coupled with a strong tendency to obsess over t...

It's no mystery why so many people are drawn to the field of veterinary medicine, but some of them are in for a rude surprise. "People come to this profession because they love animals and want to be around animals," says Edward Jorden, DVM, a veterinarian in Billings, Montana. "Then they discover that half the animals want to bite them. It's not such a snuggly, cuddly relationship." And when a p...

It's an almost universal hazard of waiting tables: the dreaded nightmare about your job. You know the one. You're exiting the kitchen door, arms loaded with precariously balanced plates, when you suddenly realize your section stretches out for miles, and you'll never, ever reach that table. You wake in a cold sweat, relieved it was just a dream, but all the same you can't get back to sleep. "Did ...

March 20, 2001: It was a day like any other for the 41-year-old warehouseman. He spent the early part of his shift uneventfully digging out rolls of coiled steel at the small New Jersey cutting plant where he worked. However, moving coiled steel was no easy feat, even with a 20-ton capacity crane. The rolls of steel weighed between 5,000 and 40,000 pounds and were stacked in long rows on the floor...

A five-story building doesn't sound too daunting, does it? Even someone with a major fear of heights could enjoy the view from there. But when Jim Willingham dangled helplessly above the ground, it seemed plenty far enough. Like most window cleaners, he knew an interesting tidbit about physics: A person falling from a five-story building hits the ground just as hard as a person falling from an air...

Downsizing has become a way of life recently, although things looked up somewhat in 2010, according to the Harvard Business Review: The 529,973 job cuts announced in the U.S. in 2010 were 59 percent fewer than the more than 1.2 million layoffs recorded in 2009, the largest downsizing year since 2002, according to outplacement firm Challenger-Gray. The good news is that the 2010 layoffs were the lo...

When teenagers go job hunting, they often have just one thing in mind: money -- money for dates, college, or even their family's rent and groceries. They aren't worried about long-term job security or climbing the career ladder. And for the most part, they don't even think about job safety. They're young and invincible, and nobody would give them an unsafe job... right? Wrong. Job safety may be no...

As anyone who's lived or worked in it knows, a cold environment just makes everything harder. You fumble with numb fingers under bulky gloves, slip on the ice, shiver at the sight of your breath hitting the icy air. Working under extremely cold conditions, however, is not only inconvenient and uncomfortable; if you don't take some basic precautions, it can pose serious threats to your health. What...

Millions of Americans sweat their way through the work week. Ask anyone from welders to pastry chefs, road construction crews to factory workers during a sweltering summer: Extremely hot and humid working conditions are not confined to tropical countries. So if you're one of those getting hot under the collar at work, you should be aware of the many health problems associated with laboring in extr...

Walk along any metropolitan street café or subway car, and you're likely to find many of the people around you are texting or scrolling through emails from work. It's getting harder to get away from work, especially if you're issued a cell phone or laptop from your employer. Some feel so compelled to work they keep the cell phone near the bed to check office email in the night and get on th...

Helen Burnett* starts each workday with 15 minutes of prayer and meditation. In her line of work, every moment of relaxation helps. As a nurse in a Midwestern psychiatric hospital, Burnett faces all of the typical hassles that can make the modern workplace so maddening: office politics, tedious paperwork, long hours, and a pace that barely gives her a chance to breathe. Throw in a steady stream of...

Joseph Barnum* couldn't believe it. After working 24 years as a service technician for a communications company in Maryland, he was fired for having to pick up his kids after school. A single parent, Barnum had told his supervisors that he needed to retrieve his two small children from school every day by 6 p.m. At first, he says, his supervisors were willing to work with him. "But then they came...

Most employees -- whether they work in an office or a coalmine -- have at least one horror story about a coworker or supervisor. There's the boss who routinely demeans her employees, or the coworker who feels no guilt about going on vacation before completing his share of a project. In fact, according to one study, eight out of 10 workers in America have someone at work who routinely makes life st...

Whether you're at the top of the career ladder or a few rungs down, chances are you've felt some stress on the job. In a survey reported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 40 percent of Americans said their jobs were "very or extremely stressful." The strain isn't just aggravating -- according to NIOSH, job stress can be hazardous to your health. If you're gnashing your ...

Working at a desk shouldn't be physically demanding. So why do so many office workers go home sore and exhausted? If your job is wearing you out, it's time to take a close look at your workspace. Your chair, desk, computer monitor, or something else could be working against you. With just a few adjustments, you can relieve your pain and increase your comfort. How much do you know about ergonomic -...

Quick, which animal is the biggest threat to zookeepers? If you voted for lions or tigers, you lose. Ditto for bears. When it comes to animal handlers, elephants win hands down. "The elephant is the most dangerous," says Dr. Keith Hinshaw, vice-president for animal health and senior veterinarian at the Philadelphia Zoo. "He's the number one offender. More animal handlers have been killed by elep...

Allergies, nasty germs, slips, back strain, unlocked doors, and of course, the rare animal attack are all hazards for zoo employees. Here are some tips for safe animal handling:

  • Always know where an animal is before entering an enclosure or back area.
  • Use proper lock-out procedures, and design cage and gate locks so that the key cannot be removed unless the lock is closed.

At only 32, Katie Sedgwick is tired. She's so tired that when she finishes her workday, it's all she can do to eat dinner, climb into bed and start the whole cycle again the next day. She's not a coal miner or an assembly-line worker but a teacher in a first-grade classroom. Five days a week, Sedgwick is on mandatory, unpaid overtime just to keep up. On the books, her hours are 7:30 a.m. to 2:00...

Underpaid, overworked teachers face a fleet of hazards, from the rare school shooting to aging building rife with mold and other hazards. Here are some tips for safe teaching:

  • Unexplained respiratory problems such as allergies, asthma, and secondary infections, such as bronchitis and sinusitis, can be caused by mold in school buildings. Report these problems to the school district and ask...

Aaron Rogers led the Green Bay Packers to the Super Bowl title in 2011, but the road to the championship wasn't easy. The quarterback suffered two concussions during the season, a one-two punched that temporarily clouded his thinking and threatened his season. Rogers had plenty of company: 2010 was the year of the concussion in the NFL. The league reported 154 concussions in the just first half of...

On a chartered flight from Cleveland to Las Vegas one July, flight attendants smelled smoke coming from one of the lavatories. Head flight attendant Robert Craig informed the woman who emerged from the lavatory that smoking on an aircraft is a federal offense; her response was a sneering, "Yeah, whatever." Craig then found cigarette butts scattered on the bathroom floor and discovered that the smo...

You're working away on your computer, but lately you've been plagued by numbness and tingling in your fingers and wrist. You've felt more than an occasional sharp pain, and more puzzling, you've been waking up at night with a "pins and needles" sensation in one hand. There might be other explanations, but the symptoms suggest you may have carpal tunnel syndrome. What causes carpal tunnel syndrome?...

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