Washington DC, USA
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced some good news today: On-the-job fatalities dropped 6% in 2007 from 2006, achieving the lowest rate the bureau has seen since it began collecting data in 1992. The current rate is 3.7 fatal injuries out of every 100,000 workers. Says Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, "This is continued evidence that the initiatives and programs to protect workers' safety and health, designed by and implemented in this administration, are indeed working."
To read more, visit http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2008-08-20-worker-deaths_N.htm
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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