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In 21st century America, our workplaces should be getting safer, not more dangerous. Yet years of Bush Administration neglect and failure of workplace health and safety have put millions of workers at increased danger. The most recent analysis available—the 2006 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics—shows a worsening situation for many of the nation’s most vulnerable workers and a 2.4% increase in the number of fatalities from the previous year.
Of the 5,840 fatal injuries recorded in 2006:
- 990 deaths were among Latino workers, including 667 immigrant Latinos. Both the foreign-born total and the Hispanic or Latino foreign-born total were new highs.
- Job fatalities fell slightly among Black workers, with 565 recorded deaths.
- Fatalities decreased among young workers, down 39 deaths from the year before to a total of 127 deaths.
These fatality numbers also don’t include deaths from occupational diseases, which are estimated to be 50,000 to 60,000 a year.
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