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According to the census of occupational injuries 5,486 people died on the job in 2022, up from the 2021 total of 5,190. The fatal injury rate was 3.7 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. [93] The decrease in the mortality rate is only partly (about 10–15%) explained by the deindustrialization of the US in the last 40 years. [94]
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Occupational fatality. An occupational fatality is a death that occurs while a person is at work or performing work related tasks. Occupational fatalities are also commonly called "occupational deaths" or "work-related deaths/fatalities" and can occur in any industry or occupation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Website. www.cdc.gov /niosh. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, / ˈnaɪɒʃ /) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for ...
Work accident. A work accident, workplace accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work " leading to physical or mental occupational injury. [ 1 ] According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 337 million accidents happen on the job each year, resulting, together with ...
Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress refers to a chronic condition. Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate those conditions. [1] Occupational stress can occur when workers do not feel supported by supervisors or ...
Construction site safety is an aspect of construction -related activities concerned with protecting construction site workers and others from death, injury, disease or other health-related risks. Construction is an often hazardous, predominantly land-based activity where site workers may be exposed to various risks, some of which remain ...
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is a decentralised agency of the European Union with the task of collecting, analysing and disseminating relevant information that can serve the needs of businesses, governments and specialists involved in safety and health at work. Set up in 1994 by Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 ...