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Tag: workplace fatalities
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Record number of truckers killed in workplace fatalities in 2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the 840 truck drivers killed on the job in 2017 represented 77 percent of the 1,084 motor vehicle operators killed on the job last year and is the highest value for truckers since it began tracking occupational statistics in 2003.
December 19, 2018
Business
Transportation leads workplace fatalities in 2016
According to BLS figures, 786 truck drivers were killed on the job in 2016. Thatâs 78 percent of the 1,012 motor vehicle operator fatalities reported for that year.
January 11, 2018
Channel 19
âOne out of every six Americans killed on the job is a truck driverâ
Thatâs directly from a Department of Labor blog post about workplace-death stats, explored here. And: One operatorâs reliable truck is anotherâs âdream gearâ â one driverâs wisecrack âcomment of the weekââŚ
August 18, 2016
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