workplace injury

More Hispanic workers die in American workplace accidents; negligence is evident

In America, the number of workplace deaths has declined — but not for Hispanics.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says worker deaths overall dropped from 6,217 in 1992 to 5,657 in 2007, a reduction of about 8 per cent. Yet Hispanic worker deaths in the same period increased from 533 in 1992 to 937 in [...]