Fatal workplace accidents increased for 2021 as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over 5,000 people died on the job in 2021, an almost 10% increase from the prior year. More men than women died from work-related accidents (4,741 men and 448 women). Black...
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New Labor Department report says workplace fatalities rose in 2019
Regular readers of our Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Law Blog know that American workplaces can be dangerous. A new report from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) should make the dangers clear to everyone. According to the BLS, workplace deaths...
Worker Dies at Amazon facility
Tragic news occurred yesterday when a worker fell to his death a construction site in the Milwaukee area: A worker died in a fall at the Oak Creek Amazon facility construction site. (From the Journal Sentinel). Following such devastation, the worker's compensation...