Workplace deaths decline in New England
Associated Press Writer
Published: November 19, 2009
BOSTON—A federal agency says 136 people died in New England from work-related injuries last year, 27 fewer than in the previous year and the lowest number since it began compiling the statistics in 1992.
The 2008 preliminary figures were released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The two New England states with the largest workforces - Massachusetts and Connecticut - accounted for two-thirds of the region’s occupational deaths in 2008.
Sixty-one workers died in Massachusetts, 14 fewer than in 2007. Transportation accidents accounted for 30 percent of fatalities, while falls were the second-leading cause of death at 25 percent.
Connecticut recorded 28 worker deaths, down from 38 in the previous year.
There were 24 deaths in Maine, 10 in Vermont, seven in New Hampshire and six in Rhode Island.
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Maybe it was a ‘workplace accident’ that this was thought to be of some importance, aka “newsworthy”. Everyone is right—when jobs disappear, injuries go down!
u all beat me to it. I was gonna say the same thing. da no jobs!!!
That wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that the state’s unemployment rate is like 13% right.
Thundergod: You beat me to the punch on this one. Dahhh….hello….anyone home. Unemployment goes up and workplace acidents go down. That’s a real hard one to figure out.
Wow this is amazing. Workplace deaths declined last year. I wonder if theres any correlation between the decline in deaths and the fact that unemployment, especially in the manufacturing area where most workplace accidents occur, is rampant in the Notheast? You need to actually have a job and be at work in order to die due to a “work” related injury. I be more curious as to just how much this agency spent researching this fact
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