I’m sure many people are happy to bid good riddance to 2020 and hopefully look forward to a better 2021. As we begin the new year, I wanted to note a few areas of interest, in both the safety world at large and at ISHN.
A total of 5,333 workers died as a result of on-the-job injuries in 2019 – a 1.6% increase from 2018 and the highest number of fatalities since 5,657 were recorded in 2007, according to Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data released Dec. 16 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.