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Workplace deaths hit 1992 low in 2009 decline
The Labor Department reported 4,340 workplace fatalities in 2009, down 17 percent from 2008 and the lowest since records began in 1992. Construction losses, hours worked dropping, and high unemployment drove the drop while fishing remained the deadliest sector and transportation incidents fell. Black workers saw larger declines in fatalities and hours.
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Washington, D.C
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hilda Solis
Department of Labor
America
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