Labor Department reports lower year-over-year work fatalities

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 5,283 fatal work injuries in 2023, down from 5,486 in 2022. The fatal work injury rate was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers versus 3.7 the prior year. At those rates, a worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury in 2023 compared to 96 minutes in 2022. Transportation incidents were…

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