On November 7, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed that the rate of workplace injuries and illnesses continues to inch downward, but private industry employers still experienced nearly 3 million nonfatal incidents. The latest data, for 2012, continue a pattern of declines that has taken place annually for the last decade, with the exception of 2011. Work-related fatalities are on the decline as well, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, for which the BLS released preliminary 2012 data in August.
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