Work-related deaths

OSHA Recordable Cases— Work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses (other than minor injuries requiring only first aid treatment) which involve medical treatment, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to another job. 

This data excludes a total of 2,866 work-related deaths due to the September 11 terrorist attacks. 

In the four decades since the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) was signed into law, workplace deaths and reported occupational injuries have dropped by more than 60 percent. Yet the nation s workers continue to face an unacceptable number of work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses, most of them preventable ... 

What needs reporting Every work-related death, major injury, dangerous occurrence, disease or any injury which results in an absence from work of over three days. 

The British Lung Foundation has calculated that every week on average six electricians, four plumbers and eight joiners die in the UK as a result of exposure to asbestos, making it the greatest cause of work-related deaths. Chief Executive Dr Penny Woods said that twice as many people die in Britain each year from asbestos related illnesses than those who die from accidents on the roads . 

In order to understand the importance of the issue of work-related death, it is important to gauge how many fatalities of this sort actually occur. Attempting to do so illustrates three key points the sheer volirme of harm that occurs as a result of corporate behaviour, the difficulty of measuring this harm, and the key role that statistics play in redefining... 

There is a tendency for accounts of work-related deaths to focus exclusively on traditional workplaces and employment relationships, overlooking the fact that a significant proportion of work does not fit into this model (Atkinson 1985 Belous 1995 Cappelli 1999 Estlund 2003 Ch. 3). Atypical work accounts for many deaths and injuries each year, often involving some of the most marginalised and disadvantaged people in society (Bardasi and Francesconi 2004 Mayhew and Quinlan... 

Regulatory enforcement practices following work-related deaths... 

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