After a spike in telecommunication worker deaths, the U.S. Department of Labor and Federal Communications Commission have established a working group to reduce such fatalities.
The collaborative effort, which the department announced in a Tuesday press release, will involve new regulations as well as improved education outreach.
"The fatality rate in this industry is extraordinarily high – tower workers are more than 10 times as likely to be killed on the job as construction workers," Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels said in ...
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