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DOL Figures Show Nearly 9 Percent Rise In Workplace Deaths For 2021


December 29, 2022 at 12:06 PM
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) is pressing OSHA to step up enforcement on traumatic injuries after the Labor Department’s (DOL) annual report on worker deaths from sudden trauma for 2021 found an 8.9 percent increase from the prior year -- a rise the group says should be “unacceptably high” for the agency.

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