More than 5,300 workers were killed on the job in 2019, a 2% increase from the previous year and the largest number of fatalities since 2007, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
The fatality rate remained the same as in 2018 — 3.5 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, the bureau's annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report said.
Construction and transportation jobs had the most deaths.
The numbers show that the leading cause of death for all industries was transportation-related incidents, which accounted for almost 40% of all fatalities...
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