Worker Fatalities Increase
Each year, the government tallies up the total number of fatal occupational injuries that occur on work sites throughout the United States. The report on the total number of work injuries in 2014 was just recently released. According to Safety News Alert, the total number of employees who were killed while performing their work tasks in 2014 was 4,821. This was a significant increase as compared with the number of worker deaths in 2013. The year-to-year rise in the number of employees who lost their lives is bad news for workers who face greater risks in the workplace. When a worker is killed during the