Workplace deaths reach four-year high in Massachusetts
Massachusetts experienced its biggest increase in worker deaths in four years last year, as on-the-job deaths increased by 65 percent to 81 people in 2003, up from 49 people in 2002, according to the Boston Globe.
A report released this week by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO was compiled using data gathered by the state Department of Public Health and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.