Shadow Bear
Michigan Moderator
http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/workplace_deaths_went_up_30_pe.html
GRAND RAPIDS — Workplace deaths in Michigan increased 30 percent in 2010 over the previous year, according to preliminary data released by researchers at Michigan State University.
There were 123 deaths, up from 95 in 2009. Work-related homicides more than doubled, accounting for 22 deaths, compared to 10 in 2009.
It was the leading cause after motor vehicle-related fatalities, which killed 26 workers last year.
Several of the homicide victims were retail workers shot by robbers, said Dr. Ken Rosenman, director of MSU’s Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
About 55 percent of the homicide deaths happened at workplaces in Wayne County.
The 22 homicide victims included three police officers. Nearly all the deaths involved guns.
.......
While the number of work-related deaths fluctuates each year, Rosenman emphasized that each workplace fatality in the workplace is preventable.
=================================================
Of course they're preventable- let the workers carry protection!
GRAND RAPIDS — Workplace deaths in Michigan increased 30 percent in 2010 over the previous year, according to preliminary data released by researchers at Michigan State University.
There were 123 deaths, up from 95 in 2009. Work-related homicides more than doubled, accounting for 22 deaths, compared to 10 in 2009.
It was the leading cause after motor vehicle-related fatalities, which killed 26 workers last year.
Several of the homicide victims were retail workers shot by robbers, said Dr. Ken Rosenman, director of MSU’s Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
About 55 percent of the homicide deaths happened at workplaces in Wayne County.
The 22 homicide victims included three police officers. Nearly all the deaths involved guns.
.......
While the number of work-related deaths fluctuates each year, Rosenman emphasized that each workplace fatality in the workplace is preventable.
=================================================
Of course they're preventable- let the workers carry protection!