Transportation Injuries Continue to Dominate Workplace Fatalities

Workplace injuries involving transportation continue to be major contributing factors to fatalities in the United States. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported preliminary data for 2011 reflecting that transportation incidents were involved in 41% of fatalities at work.

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OSHA Proposes New Reporting Rules for Amputations and Fatalities

Jun 23, 2011

OSHA's new proposed rule require employers to report to OSHA, within eight hours, all work-related fatalities and all work-related in-patient hospitalizations; and within 24 hours, all work-related amputations. The current ...

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Workers' Compensation: Workplace Fatalities Decline Significantly ...

Aug 21, 2009

Workplace Fatalities Decline Significantly in 2008. Key findings of the 2008 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: - Fatal work injuries in the private construction sector in 2008 declined by 20 percent from the updated 2007 ...

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Labor Day: Miller Launches Map of Workplace Fatalities

Sep 01, 2007

This Labor Day, Let's Redouble Effort to Improve Worker Safety, Says Chairman Miller Miller also launches interactive map of workplace fatalities. WASHINGTON, D.C. - To honor America's workers this Labor Day, the country...

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CDC Urges Employers to Prohibit Cell Phone Use While Driving

Apr 29, 2011

The US Centers of Disease Control (CDC) released its annual census of work related fatalities and identified cell phone use as a major cause of employee deaths. CDC urged employers to prohibit texting while driving.

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