Accidental back firing from a dane gun.

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Dane Gunshot.

This man killed himself with a dane gun in his farm. What a life!

DANE GUN ACCIDENTS
The need for strict supervision of the manufacture and control of availability and use of guns in general is emphasized. Death from ocular trauma is one of the avoidable causes of death in general and blindness in the lucky few. This is due to the fact that the eye is the organ majorly employed in focussing and aiming to the prey at stake before the unexpected happens. This calls for strict supervision of the manufacture and control of availability and use of guns in general. Males are more commonly at risk. The poor visual outcome becomes more devastating when both eyes are involved in the injuries which could arise from accidental explosion (self infliction) of the gun during hunting expedition or as a result of assault in scuffle, civil unrest or armed robbery attack.

The socio-economic impact of injury occurring to both eyes simultaneously or in the event of death is usually enormous to the individual, their families and the society. The situation is worse especially when the injury occurred in young adults and middle age individuals who are breadwinners for their families with no form of insurance plans for the family.

In conclusion, ocular gunshot injuries are usually severe, with multiple tissue disruption, visual impairment and accompanying loss of vision. Avoidance of violence and improved societal security may curb the menace of armed robbery attack and violent attacks following a scuffle. Also, the manufacturing, acquisition, licensing and education in the use and maintenance of the locally manufactured Dane guns must be ensured in order to reduce the incidence of accidental discharge from these weapons. The use of protective eye shield during hunting expedition and handling of dangerous weapons should also be encouraged.
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Job Stress

Job stress should not be confused with pressure or challenges. Everyone faces pressure and challenges on the job. The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) defines job stress as “the harmful and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker”. In other words, unlike pressure or challenge, job stress is marked by an absence of control and feeling of being overwhelmed at work and the effect of this phenomenon can be devastating. Job stress is as much a business issue as it is a health issue.

Stress may be good, bad or ugly depending on the level of workload. Excess mental workload leads to stress, while physical work leads to physical exhaustion which is easily reversed with rest. Good stress motivates us to achieve and be more productive while sustained bad stress does the reverse. If we allow ourselves to be continuously stressed without adequate relaxation, good stress can become bad stress leading to unpleasant symptoms in our bodies like headaches, irritability, fatigue, frequent malaria attacks and so on. If we continue driving ourselves even harder without any stress relieving strategies, stress can become ugly and lead to ill health, dysfunction and disease.

The need for rapid expansion of all professional occupations in modern societies has placed enormous pressure on them; this is coupled with the crystallization of new occupational tasks. These include many activities which are based upon the application of scientific and technical knowledge to new social needs. The emergence of new occupational tasks occasioned by information technology revolution (IT) has changed the process of work in recent times.

Stress is particularly important to human resource professionals, and senior executives as taking care of this in the work place will minimize wastage in the workplace, as employee stress could lead to accidents, injuries and other implication for human resource management. By identifying the sources of employee stress and removing organizational sources of stress, organizations would not only reduce safety-related costs, they would also increase employee performance, morale, and retention.