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:: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 ::
California workplaces less deadly Sacramento Business Journal
Among the top causes of fatalities in 2003 were:
* Transportation incidents such as highway accidents, which accounted for 38 percent of workplace fatalities;
* Assaults and violent acts, which accounted for 18 percent of fatalities;
* Accidents involving contact with objects and equipment, such as being struck by falling objects or caught in running equipment, accounted for 17 percent of fatalities;
* Falls from ladders and roofs accounted for 16 percent of deaths;
* Exposure to harmful substances or environments such as electrocution which caused 8 percent of workplace deaths; and
* Fires and explosions which caused 3 percent of fatalities.------------------------------------------- posted 6:50 AM :: reference link ::
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