In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US

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Death on the Job Report

DEATH ON THE JOB: The Toll of Neglect

From the executive summary:

This 2016 edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect marks the 25th year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers.

More than 532,000 workers now can say their lives have been saved since the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which promised workers in this country the right to a safe job. Since that time, workplace safety and health conditions have improved but at the same time some conditions have gotten worse and too many workers remain at serious risk of injury, illness or death.

In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US

A hundred and fifty people die each day from hazardous working conditions in this country. How many of those are preventable?

By Michelle ChenTwitter

April 27, 2016

The 2014 report:

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect