This is an excerpt from an EHS Today article.
Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released Aug. 22 show a reduction in the number of fatal work injuries in 2012 compared with 2011. Last year, 4,383 workers died from work-related injuries, down from a final count of 4,693 fatal work injuries in 2011.
The rate of fatal workplace injuries in 2012 was 3.2 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, down from a rate of 3.5 per 100,000 in 2011. The numbers could be better, according to the secretary of labor.
"Workers in this country have the right to return home safe and healthy at the end of a work day," said Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. "Despite that right, poor safety conditions cause thousands of people each year to lose their lives at work."
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