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Death On The Job report: Years of progress, long way to go
May 5, 2021
2:53 PM CDT
By Mark Gruenberg
Accidents, injury and deaths on the job are common in the construction industry. Photo credit: Capt. Mark Carr, U.S. Dept. of Labor via Creative Commons
WASHINGTON—In the decades since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established, there’s been a lot of progress in cutting worker deaths and injuries on the job. However, there’s still a long way to go.