Federal Workers at Greater Risk than Private Secto

Federal agency employees were at greater risk to die from an occupational injury or illness than workers in "high risk," private industries in 1999, including manufacturing, poultry slaughtering and processing, industrial machinery and equipment production, according to a report released today by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). The CAGW report, Workplace Safety in the Federal Government: Record of Failure, Legacy of Waste, found that federal workplace injuries and deaths cost U.S. taxpayers at least $2 billion a year in medical and compensation costs alone. Numerous indirect economi...