Transportation-related fatalities – which increased slightly to 2,083 – accounted for 40 percent of all fatal work-related injuries in 2016.
Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers experienced 918 fatal injuries, the most of any occupation.
“America’s workers deserve better,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Loren Sweatt said in a Dec. 19 press release. “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is committed to finding new and innovative ways of working with employers and employees to improve workplace safety and health. OSHA will work to address these trends through enforcement, compliance assistance, educating and training, and outreach.”
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