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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (20) has Hsted 416,000 persons employed as welders, cutters, and welding machine operators, with 90% employed in the fields of manufacturing, services, constmction, and wholesale trades. The same report projects a decline in employment for welders job prospects remain good, however, as the number of qualified workers entering the market is expected to balance workers leaving the field. 

More information is available on the public health impact of occupational contact dermatitis. Specific national occupational disease and illness data are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which conducts annual surveys of approximately 180,000 employers selected to represent all private industries in the United States.68 All occupational skin diseases or disorders, including allergic contact dermatitis, are tabulated in this survey. BLS data show that occupational skin diseases accounted for a consistent 30 to 45% of all cases of occupational illnesses from the 1970s through the mid-1980s, and in recent years accounted for 15% of all occupational illness.68 The decline in this proportion may be partially related to an increase seen in disorders associated with repeated trauma. 

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information that permits computation of estimated future labor and material costs. You can project costs to the future by fitting a cost index values for several time periods. If the slope b of the index is constant, then the ratio ljly versus t is a semilog plot... 

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Of the 167 reactive incidents, 48 caused a total of 108 fatalities. Since 1980, CSB data show an average of six injury-related incidents per year, resulting in an average of five fatalities per year. Table 2 provides data on 12 incidents with three or more fatalities (see also Figures 4 and 5).25 Appendix F presents a 5-year summary of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on occupational fatalities. 

On the other hand, the workforce and workplace of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have evolved into something quite different. According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007), more than... 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2007. www.bls.gov/news. release/empsit.nrO.htm accessed on April 11, 2007. 

Yes, according to the 1995 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 16 percent of the deaths in the workplace were homicides. [32] The leading cause of deaths in the workplace were highway traffic vehicle-related accidents, which accounted for 21 percent of the 6,210 deaths in the workplace. 

You might be surprised who has the most dangerous jobs. They are not the employees you first think about. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides an interesting insight to the safety of workers. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries administered by the BLS, in conjunction with participating state agencies, compiles comprehensive and timely information on fatal work injuries occurring in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

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In our modem economic society, prices may vary widely from one period to another, and this factor must be considered when the costs for an industrial process are determined. It would obviously be ridiculous to assume that plant operators or supervisors could be hired today at the same wage rate as in 1975. The same statement applies to comparing prices of equipment purchased at different times. The chemical engineer, therefore, must keep up-to-date on price and wage fluctuations. One of the most complete sources of information on existing price conditions is the Monthly Labor Review published by the U S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This publication gives up-to-date information on present prices and wages for different types of industries. 

There are numerous other indexes presented in the literature which can be used for specialized purposes. For example, cost indexes for materials and labor for various types of industries are published monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Monthly Labor Review. These indexes can be useful for special kinds of estimates involving particular materials or unusual labor conditions. Another example of a cost index which is useful for world-wide comparison of cost charges with time is published periodically in Engineering Costs and... 

More than one third of occupational related injuries or illnesses reported by employees to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are estimated to be caused by musculoskeletal disorders. In 2003 federal regulations based on occupational management guidelines that are 15 years old are still not finalized as a result of OSHA continuing to work with Congress and small business advocacy groups to complete a rule that is deemed fair to both employees and employers. 

Figure 3. Comparison of increases in freight rates and transportation equipment costs with price increases in the chemical industry Source. ACCCO Traffic Department and U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...

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The OSHA Act injury and illness system specifies a procedure for calculating the frequency of occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses and an index of their severity. These can be used by companies to monitor their health and safety performance. National data by major industrial categories are compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annually and can serve as a basis of comparison of individual company performance within an industry. Thus, a company can determine whether its injury rate is better or worse than that of other companies in its industry. This industrywide injury information is available on the OSHA website (http //www.osha.gov). 

Corporations tend to see stress as an individual problem due to an employee s lifestyle, psychological makeup, and personality. Workers view stress as result of excessive demands, poor supervision, or conflicting demands. However it is viewed, stress is a serious problem in the modem workplace. Stress-related medical bills and absentee rates cost employers about 150 billion annually (Smith, S.L. Combating Stress, Occupational Hazards, March 1994). Workers who must take time off work because of stress, anxiety, or a related disorder will be off the job for about 20 days. Over 290 billion dollars is spent in the U.S. economy every year relating to compensation claims from on-the-job stress, health insurance, low-productivity, and disability (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010). 

Details fsr the report were gathered from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and included workers from all industries, as well as both state and local government workers. 

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