{"id":480,"date":"2015-04-27T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480"},"modified":"2015-04-27T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:14:20","slug":"usa-54000-deaths-a-year-is-way-too-many-national-cosh-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480","title":{"rendered":"USA: \u201c54,000 deaths a year is way too many\u201d &#8211; National COSH report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Workers\u2019 Memorial Week 2015, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coshnetwork.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Not-an-Accident-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Not An Accident: Preventable Deaths 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This annual report provides details on and context for the yearly toll of worker fatalities in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coshnetwork.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Not-an-Accident-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coshnetwork.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/2015_cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c54,000 deaths a year is way too many,\u201d says National COSH Executive Director Mary Vogel. \u201cWe need tougher penalties. We need prosecutions for criminal violations. And we need to listen to workers, and use proven strategies that cut down on risk, reduce injuries and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key stats<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4,585 U.S. workers died on the job<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>An estimated 50,000 workers die each year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hispanic workers continue to be at greater risk than other groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coshnetwork.org\/nat%E2%80%99l-cosh-releases-annual-workers%E2%80%99-memorial-week-report\">Proven prevention strategies are available for all the major categories which result in worker deaths.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coshnetwork.org\/nat%E2%80%99l-cosh-releases-annual-workers%E2%80%99-memorial-week-report\">Natrional COSH news release<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this post<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-480\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-480\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-480\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=480\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20USA%3A%20%E2%80%9C54%2C000%20deaths%20a%20year%20is%20way%20too%20many%E2%80%9D%20-%20National%20COSH%20report&body=https%3A%2F%2F28april.org%2F%3Fp%3D480&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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