Fatal injuries drop slightly, but many jobs remain dangerous, report says

The rate of fatal occupational injuries also declined, by 0.1 per 100,000 workers, to 3.9 per 100,000 workers, last year, BLS added. That\’s the lowest rate since the agency started publishing the data in 1992. The data are preliminary, to be revised in April.

The decline in fatal injuries on the job came despite big jumps in coal mining and aircraft accidents. Coal mine deaths more than doubled, from 22 to 47, due to the Sago, W. Va., explosion and several other blasts. And deaths in plane accidents jumped by 44 percent, partly due to the Comair crash off the wrong runway in Kentucky, BLS said. That crash killed 23 of the 215 aircraft workers who died last year, up from 149 in 2005.

As in prior years, highway accidents claimed the most workers\’ lives, accounting for one of every four who died. The toll of 1,329 was down from the 1,437 the year before. By contrast, the number who died from falls–the second-biggest cause of death–was 809, up from 770 the year before. That was the third highest total in job fatality records.

"Fatalities involving fires and explosions increased by 26 percent in 2006, rising from 159 in 2005 to 201 in 2006," the agency said. And deaths from exposure to toxic substances rose by 12 percent, from 136 in 2005 to 153 in 2006.

BLS said 428 women were killed on the job in 2006, 5 percent more than the year before. Deaths among Hispanic-named workers were a record 937 last year, beating the mark of 923 in 2005. But reflecting the greater number of Hispanic-named workers in the labor force, their death rate dropped from 4.9 per 100,000 workers in 2005 to 4.7/100,000 last year.

Construction (1,258) had the most fatalities by industry last year and that rose by 74. But it did not have the highest fatality rate. That dubious distinction went to fishermen, with 141.7 deaths per 100,000 workers–but only 51 deaths overall. Pilots and flight engineers had the second-highest fatality rate, of 87.8 per 100,000.

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