Massachusetts recorded 49 workplace deaths in 2002, down dramatically from 58 in 2001, according to the Boston Globe.The positive trend was attributed to the recession and changes in the economy, primarily a decline in dangerous industries in the state, by labor analyst Tom Juravich, a professor and director of the labor center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.Almost a quarter of those killed in the workplace last year were immigrants according to the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, out of Dorchester. A report by the group in conjunction with the Mass...
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