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Dangerous Work; Tragic Results
Every year, fatal accidents occur on the job. When workers lose their lives, the company, the community, the family and their industry all suffer. Some fatalities are totally unavoidable. Others, however, could have been possibly averted by proper training, personal protective equipment or even better compliance with safety rules and policies at a given worksite. IBT Safety offers training, consulting, site inspections and a full range of personal protective equipment for all industries. Contact them for an ounce of protection. See how your organization might lower the risks and decrease the chances of tragedy striking close to you. Once the problem has occurred, it is too late to undo the damage. Prevention is cheap at twice the price. To learn more, contact IBT Safety.
With a total of 5,702 fatal work injuries in the US during 2005, tragedy visited many worksites, many companies and many families. There is some small comfort in the fact that the number of workers who died on the job was down about one percent from the previous year. But, the overwhelming news from National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (2005) is one of sadness.
Fatal highway incidents remained the most frequent type of fatal workplace event, accounting for one in every four fatalities nationally in 2005. Fatal highway incidents rose by 2 percent in 2005, accounting for 1,428 worker deaths. Nonhighway incidents (such as those that might occur on a farm or industrial premises) stayed about the same. The number of workers who were killed after being struck by vehicles or mobile equipment rose from 378 in 2004 to 390 in 2005.
Fatalities involving railroad incidents, however, were sharply higher, rising from 50 fatalities in 2004 to 84 in 2005.
The 767 fatal falls recorded in 2005 represented a 7 percent decline from the record high in 2004. Lower numbers of fatal falls from roofs (from 180 in 2004 to 160 in 2005), ladders (from 135 to 129), from stairs or steps (from 27 to 17), and from nonmoving vehicles (from 84 to 74) led to the lower overall total. However, falls on the same level (to a floor or onto or against objects) rose in 2005 (from 61 to 83).
The number of workers who were fatally injured after being struck by objects in 2005 remained at about the same level as in 2004 (604 fatal work injuries in 2005 as compared to 602 in 2004). Fatalities resulting from workers being struck by falling or flying objects rose 5 percent in 2005, though fatalities involving rolling or sliding objects were down 15 percent to 94 fatalities in 2005.
Fatal work injuries resulting from exposure to harmful substances or environments rose 7 percent in 2005. This overall increase was led by a sharp increase in the number of workers who died after exposure to environmental heat, from 18 fatalities in 2004 to 47 in 2005. Higher numbers of fatal work injuries resulting from the inhalation of caustic, noxious or allergenic substances also contributed to the overall increase. The number of electrocutions was down slightly in 2005.
Contact IBT Safety for more information on how you can protect yourself and your company.
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