The Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists (CSTE) reports some facts worth considering in Are You Safe at Work? More than Six Million US Workers Suffer From Workplace Illnesses and Injuries:
- 5,703 work-related fatalities were recorded in the United States in 2004
- There were 4.4 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported during 2003 in the private sector alone. (That doesn’t include injuries to police, firefighters and other high risk government jobs.)
- 137 workers die from work-related diseases every day.
“The good news however, is that work-related injuries and illnesses are
preventable.” Check the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for lots of information on workplace safety.