Perils in the workplace!!

This is interesting. It's taken directly from The Bureau of Labor Statistics. It hasn't been updated in a few years, so the averages might have changed a little. The report was titled "Perils in the workplace".


On average, 17 workers are killed each day, on the job, including: 3 workers killed in highway vehicle incidents:

2 of whom are killed in either a collision between vehicles or
between a vehicle and a stationary object, such as a tree or
telephone pole;

the third is typically a driver whose vehicle has
jack-knifed or overturned.

2 to 3 workers are shot, at least 1 while tending a retail
establishment; 1 worker is stabbed, strangled, or beaten to death;

2 workers are killed from falls, typically from a ladder, roof,
or scaffold;

1 worker is killed in a vehicle incident occurring off the public
roadway, such as a farm tractor over turning in the field, or a
forklift overturning on industrial premises;
1 worker is killed after being struck by a vehicle;

1 worker is killed in either an aircraft crash or a water vehicle
or railway accident;

1 worker is killed by being struck by a falling object, such as a
tree being cut down, a cinder block falling from a construction
scaffold, or a vehicle falling off a jack during repair;

1 worker is electrocuted;

1 worker is killed in either a fire or explosion, from
drowning, or from inhaling a toxic substance;

1 worker commits suicide on the job or because of a job-related
incident; and

1 worker is killed by being caught in a machine or caught under
collapsing materials, such as in a trench cave-in or engulfment in
a grain bin.


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