Fatal Occupational Injuries News

North Carolina On-the-Job Deaths Rise to Highest Level Since 2008

Signs that more people are dying on the job has workers’ advocates demanding that North Carolina’s labor department do more to inspect and punish companies that imperil their workers. Members of the AFL-CIO labor union, the NC Council of Churches …

10% of All Workplace Fatalities Due to Homicides

Homicides accounted for 10 percent of all fatal occupational injuries in the United States in 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were 500 workplace homicides in 2016, an increase of 83 cases from 2015. The 2016 total …