August 22, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
On-the-job deaths due to falls in 1999
In 1999, deaths
resulting from on-the-job falls increased slightly to 717.
[Chart data—TXT]
This increase, coupled with a decline in
homicides, made falls the second-leading cause of fatal work injuries for
the first time since the fatality census began in 1992. (Highway crashes
continued as the leading cause of on-the-job fatalities during 1999.)
About half of the fatal falls were from a
roof, ladder, or scaffold, and slightly over half of the fatal falls
occurred in the construction industry.
These data are a product of the BLS Safety and
Health Statistics Program. Additional information is available from "National
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1999," news release USDL
00-236.
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