1)Falling from the roof is a specific concern at construction sites. Roof falls were the most prevalent type of deadly falls in 2007, and resulted in 686 fatalities from 2003 to 2007. Because of this, the Department of Labor recommends that construction workers avoid falling accidentally, especially from roofs.
2)A 2006 government study named agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting as the most dangerous occupations in the United States, with an average of 30 deaths each per 100,000 workers.
3)In 2007, a laundry employee at Cintas Corp. in Oklahoma was killed when he fell into an industrial dryer while attempting to free a wad of clothes that had jammed a conveyor belt.
4) In its 2008 Death on the Job Report, the AFL-CIO ranked commercial fishing as the occupation with the highest fatality rate, with almost 150 deaths on the job per 100,000 workers. The fatality rate for the fish is even higher.
5)In a 2004 survey, 17 percent of men said they had been sexually harassed on the job, but 60 percent of them did nothing about it. Those 60 percent are the ones who liked it.
2)A 2006 government study named agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting as the most dangerous occupations in the United States, with an average of 30 deaths each per 100,000 workers.
3)In 2007, a laundry employee at Cintas Corp. in Oklahoma was killed when he fell into an industrial dryer while attempting to free a wad of clothes that had jammed a conveyor belt.
4) In its 2008 Death on the Job Report, the AFL-CIO ranked commercial fishing as the occupation with the highest fatality rate, with almost 150 deaths on the job per 100,000 workers. The fatality rate for the fish is even higher.
5)In a 2004 survey, 17 percent of men said they had been sexually harassed on the job, but 60 percent of them did nothing about it. Those 60 percent are the ones who liked it.
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