Fewer workers killed on job in 2007

[ben_meyers]

Aug. 20, 2008 03:45 PM
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday.

The number of worker deaths dropped to 5,488 last year - the fewest since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began keeping track in 1992. That's down 6 percent from the 5,840 deaths reported in 2006.

Still, the government found significant increases in some types of fatal injuries: a record number of workers died from falls and the number of workplace homicides increased 13 percent.
The nation's most dangerous jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics? Fishers and related fishing workers (with a rate of 111.8 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers), logging workers (86.4), aircraft pilots and flight engineers (66.7) and structural iron and steel workers (45.5).

http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2008/08/20/20080820biz-workplacedeaths20-ON.html

I'm flabbergasted, how can this be?

[CrispyQ]

1. Could it be cuz fewer workers have jobs?

:shrug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. hey, you cut several hundred thousand jobs, and you bet you cut losses.

and funny how that seems to be happening to this country now.

[liberal N proud]

4. They use that analogy for fewer deaths on the road

Fewer drivers because of the high gas prices.

Could be fewer people on the road because they don't have jobs to pay for the gas to put in their cars thus driving both death rates down.

[gateley]

5. Yep. nt

[Mojambo]

3. It's hard (but not impossible) to kill yourself working the fry-o-lator at McDonalds. n/t