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An average fatality rate is computed by dividing the sum of the fatalities across the years by the sum of the annual employment figures for the given occupation over the given time period, and multiplying by 100,000. In the U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes available extensive statistics on workplace accidents and injuries. [4] For example:
An average fatality rate is computed by dividing the sum of the fatalities across the years by the sum of the annual employment figures for the given occupation over the given time period, and multiplying by 100,000. In the U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes available extensive statistics on workplace accidents and injuries. [6]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that all employers maintain a record of occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities. Occupational fatalities must be reported to OSHA within eight hours of the incident. Failure to do so can result in legal action against the employer including citations and fines. [12]
In Fiscal Year 2012 (ending Sept. 30), OSHA and its state partners conducted more than 83,000 inspections of workplaces across the United States — just a fraction of the nation's worksites. [29] According to a report by AFL–CIO , it would take OSHA 129 years to inspect all workplaces under its jurisdiction.
OSHA also has Safety Stand-Down. Florida workers are safer on the job as the number drop annually, but 18 still died in the Jacksonville area in 2021. OSHA also has Safety Stand-Down.
With fatalities so high, and on the rise since the beginning of this decade (in 2010, there were 91.9 deaths per 100,000 loggers), I wanted to know what the industry was doing in response.
It has been estimated that worldwide there are more than 350,000 workplace fatalities and more than 270 million workplace injuries annually. [2] In 2000 there were approximately 2.9 billion workers worldwide. Occupational injuries resulted in the loss of 3.5 years of healthy life for every 1,000 workers.
In South Africa there are 150 fatalities and approximately 400 injuries each year related to construction sites. [11] In Brazil, the incidence rate for all occupational fatalities is 3.6 per 100,000. [12] (Little to no information regarding construction fatalities could be found in Asia, South American, Africa, and the Antarctic.)