Occupational Safety and Health Administration 40 Year History Video 2011 OSHA
advocates, have had a dramatic effect on workplace safety. Fatality and injury rates have dropped markedly. Although accurate statistics were not ...
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Workplace Accidents: Car Crashes #1 Cause of Death for Women ...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2009 4,340 American workers lost their lives in fatal workplace accidents . (2009 is the latest year for which statistics are available.) Slightly more than 300 of those workers were women. While these numbers are high, it's actually an improvement from 2008 when 5,218 workers died.
Women workers are more likely (43 percent) than male workers (38 percent) to die in transportation-related accidents - car and truck accidents, and air, rail and water transportation accidents. This is primarily because more men than women are killed in workplace accidents involving heavy equipment and falls from heights. Men were also more likely (9 percent) than women (6 percent) to be exposed to toxic chemicals in the workplace.
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Campaign aims to keep youth safe in workplace She noted that 1.9 million Americans ages 15 to 17 had jobs in 2009. A year earlier, 34 youths under age 18 died from work-related injuries, not counting those who died while driving vehicles on the job. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics attributed |
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Workplace injuries not going away According to the US Bureau of Labor statistics, 158 people were killed by their jobs in Illinois in 2009. The tragic deaths of police officers, firefighters and coal miners make the headlines, but the statistics in Illinois tell a different story. |
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Military's overall suicide rate no different than general population's: study A recently completed study of suicides concluded the Forces could do more to reduce workplace and career stress. The most recent figures from the military's health group show 16 uniformed members — men and women — took their lives in 2009, |
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Serious about farm safety The Bureau of Labor Statistics rates farming and ranching fourth in workplace fatalities with 38.5 per 100000 workers. (Fishing was first with 200.) “We know there are some known hazards and dangers, but at the same time, we haven't had that OSHA |
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Latino and immigrant worker protection summit on Sunday in Bridgeton According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Latino workers are killed and suffer workplace injuries at a higher annual rate than all other workers. Latinos comprised 24 percent of the total number of state work fatalities in 2009. |
Plan launched to tackle workplace accidents
A plan to slash the number of work deaths and injuries in the manufacturing industry has been launched by the Government.
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson today (Tue) outlined details of the plan, which is a cooperative agreement between the Government and the sector to target the most significant contributors to workplace accidents.
It includes establishing safer standards for machinery, promoting safer use of vehicles such as forklifts, and identifying emerging workplace problems.
"There is no room for complacency when it comes to health and safety. For anyone to be unable to return home to their friends and family after a day at work is unacceptable," Ms Wilkinson said.
"If we're to make a difference to the work toll, then everyone - employers, employees, unions, business groups and sector organisations - must take responsibility for creating safe and healthy workplaces."
Ms Wilkinson said youth, older people, Maori and Pacific people, and those with low literacy or numeracy skills were over-represented in the manufacturing injury and fatality statistics, and improving standards for these groups would also be a focus of the plan.
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