The number of construction workplace deaths and the industry's fatality rate in the United States declined in 2008, but construction continues to have the most deaths among all industries, according to the US Labor Dept.'s Bureau of Labor Statistics.rnBLS also confirms what many knew: 2008 had the most crane accidents in years.rnThe latest annual BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, released mid-August, shows construction had 969 fatalities in 2008.
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