Quotable
"Isn't the irony poignant that we have to spend money to educate health care workers not to injure themselves?"
-- Rep. Scott Jensen, questioning DWD Secretary Roberta Gassman about a budget proposal to spend $500,000 in the next biennium to instruct health care workers in proper lifting techniques. Gassman said back injuries due to improperly lifting patients is the number one cause of worker's comp claims in the health care industry.
