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REPORT FINDS AG SECTOR HAS THIRD HIGHEST RATE OF OCCUPATIONAL FATALITIES
May 23, 2013
Agri-Pulse reports:
A recent report from the AFL-CIO found that occupational fatalities in 2011 in the agriculture sector were the third highest among all sectors in the nation.
The report, "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect," found that 12 percent of workplace deaths, 566 fatalities, occurred in the area of agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting, citing a rate of 24.9 out of 100,000 workers dying on the job.
The transportation and construction sectors tied for the largest share of total deaths at 16 percent each. Overall, 4,693 workers were killed on the job, for an average of 13 per day.
The labor group says that hundreds of thousands who work in the agriculture industry lack full protection under the Occupational Safety Hazard Act.
"These workers theoretically are covered by other laws, which in practice have failed to provide equivalent protection," the report states.
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