Construction Fatalities Decrease in 2011
According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, fatal work injuries were down in 2011. An interesting note is that fatal work injuries in the private construction sector declined to 721 in 2011 from 774 in 2011. This is a decline of 7% and the fifth consecutive year of lower fatality counts. Fatal construction injuries are down nearly 42% since 2006. However, even with the number of fatalities declining, construction still accounted for the second most fatal work injuries of any industry sector in 2011. Falls, slips or trips resulted in 666 worker deaths in 2011, about 14 percent of all fatal work injuries. Falls, slips and trips were the cause of 35 percent of workplace fatalities in the construction industry. Struck by accidents caused a total of 472 worker fatalities and made up 10 percent of construction industry deaths in 2011. To see the complete article http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm.
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