Work fatalities fall in 2009

Worker deaths fell in 2009, with a significant drop in forestry-related deaths leading the way, according to a preliminary federal report on workplace safety. And while forestry and logging regularly make the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ list for most-dangerous jobs, the industry saw fatal injuries fall by 50 percent last year…

…however, and the BLS classification for both industries, “agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting,” remained the most dangerous in the annual survey…

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