| Jul 20 |
More Hispanic workers die in American workplace accidents; negligence is evident
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 2007, the latest year with set statistics. That’s a rise of almost 80 per cent in Hispanic workplace deaths. Larger numbers of Hispanics in the USA’s workforce account for some of the increase, but only a small amount. Since 1998, Hispanics in America’s workforce went from 10.4 per cent to 14 per cent in 2007. |
In America, the number of workplace deaths has declined — but not for Hispanics.