AFL-CIO Report: Death on the Job, The Toll of Neglect

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This is the 23rd year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers.

Workplaces are much safer today than when the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was passed in 1970, which promised workers in this country the right to a safe job. The job fatality rate has been cut by 81 percent; more than 492,000 workers lives have been saved. But too many workers remain at serious risk of injury, illness or death as workplace tragedies continue to remind us. These tragedies are all preventable.

More information: Death on the Job Report.

 

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