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Good News: Lower US Workplace Injury and Death Rates

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Injuries

https://fitsmallbusiness.com/workplace-injury-statistics/
https://www.bls.gov/charts/injuries-and-illnesses/total-nonfatal-work-injuries-and-illnesses-by-year.htm#
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/article/the-quest-for-meaningful-and-accurate-occupational-health-and-safety-statistics.htm
https://www.globaltrademag.com/industries-with-the-highest-rates-of-workplace-injuries/
https://www.workerscompensation.com/news_read.php?id=27835
https://www.workerscompensation.com/news_read.php?id=27835
https://www.bls.gov/charts/injuries-and-illnesses/number-and-rate-of-nonfatal-work-injuries-and-illnesses-by-industry.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/os/osch0054.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/article/the-quest-for-meaningful-and-accurate-occupational-health-and-safety-statistics.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/os/osch0054.pdf

Workplace Fatalities

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/02/21/558963.htm
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
https://govfailure.com/item/osha-didnt-speed-decline-in-workplace-deaths/

1915 rate estimated to be 60.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/article/the-life-of-american-workers-in-1915.htm

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0016.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/number-of-fatal-work-injuries-by-employee-status-self-employed-wage-salary.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/worker_memorial.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4822a1.htm
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4822a1.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/worker_memorial.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4822a1.htm
https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/number-and-rate-of-fatal-work-injuries-by-industry.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/worker_memorial.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0016.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/civilian-occupations-with-high-fatal-work-injury-rates.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0013.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/number-and-rate-of-fatal-work-injuries-by-occupation.htm
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/men-hard-at-work/
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/02/21/558963.htm
https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/rate-of-fatal-work-injuries-per-100000-fte-by-age.htm

The baby boomers have caused the relatively higher death rate aged 55+ groups to almost double their share of total workers. While the death rate for EACH age group has gone down in the last 20 years, the blended average has been flat for the last decade.

Covid Provided Special Challenges and the Results Could Always Be Even Better

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh.pdf

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/29/bls-estimates-that-13-us-workers-die-on-the-job-per-day-on-average.html

https://aflcio.org/reports/death-job-toll-neglect-2021

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