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Today's report on job-related fatalities for 1999 shows
that we must do more to prevent workplace fatalities in the construction
industry, just as we have reduced homicides in the workplace, especially in
retail establishments. No workers should have to sacrifice their lives for
their livelihoods.
The decline in homicides - 10 percent last year and 40
percent in the last six years - demonstrates that when we concentrate our
efforts we can make a difference. OSHA worked with retailers and taxi companies
to provide guidance on preventing violence. These efforts are clearly working.
The construction industry accounts for 20 percent of all
workplace fatalities - the highest percentage for any single industry. We have
focused OSHA's resources in construction and other high-risk work sites and
will continue to do so. These deaths can be prevented.
We are experiencing one of the longest periods of sustained
prosperity that our nation has seen. Protecting the workers who have helped to
make this historic prosperity possible continues to be a top priority of this
administration.
Archived News Release--Caution:
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