Safety News Item - 10/12/07 - PA Workplace Deathrate
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics the workplace deathrate in Pennsylvania rose by 7% in 2006 over the previous year, to a total of 240. This was the highest number of workplace fatalities in Pennsylvania since 1997.
The most common causes of death in the 2006 figures were, highway accidents (20%), falls to a lower level (13%), being struck by an object (13%) and homicide (11%).
