BLS data: Workplace fatalities remain stable

摘要

Washington - In 2010,4,547 workers died on the job in the United States -about the same as in 2009, according to preliminary data released Aug. 25 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The preliminary figure shows four more fatalities than the final total in 2009. The rate of fatal work injury also was the same - 3.5 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers.