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October 1, 2008
Fatal Work Injuries National Census
The Bureau Of Labor Statistics released a national census of fatal work injuries in 2007. The number of fatal work injuries in 2007 totaled 5,488 down 6% from 2006 when 5,840 fatal work injuries were reported. While these results are considered to be preliminary, the 2007 figure is the lowest annual preliminary total since 1992. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the final results in April 2009.
Based on this report, the rate of fatal injuries in 2007 was at a rate of 3.7 fatal work injuries for every 100,000 workers down from the final rate of 2006 which was 4.0 fatal work injuries for every 1000,000 workers which, at the time, was the lowes annual fatality rate ever reported.
To read the entire Census click here.
