BLS: Workplace Fatalities Drop, But Not Among Firefighters
Emergency Management Alert, August 21, 2007
Fatalities in protective services occupations increased 6 percent in 2006, according to a report issued this month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In "National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2006," BLS reports, firefighter fatalities rose (from 28 in 2005 to 42 in 2006). Deaths among law enforcement workers dropped. Military-related deaths were slightly higher than in 2005.
Fatalities from fire and explosions increased by 26 percent in 2006, rising from 159 in 2005 to 201 in 2006. There was a 12 percent jump in fatalies resulting from exposure to caustic, noxious, or allergenic substances (136 in 2005 to 153 in 2006).
The BLS separates fatalities by type of incident, demographic, industry, occupation, and state, among other designations. The document was released August 9 and can be accessed here.
A BLS program, the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, presents frequency counts and incidence rates by industry as well as worker and case characteristics of nonfatal workplace injured and illnesses that result in days away from work. New figures will appear in October.
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