Out of 3,945 worker fatalities in 2012, 775 or 19.6% were in construction. These “Fatal Four” were responsible for nearly three out of five (56%) construction worker deaths in 2012, The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
- Falls: 278 out of 775 total deaths in 2012 (36%)
- Struck by Object: 78 (10%)
- Electrocutions: 66 (9%)
- Caught-in/between: 13 (2%)
Eliminating the Fatal Four would save 435 workers’ lives in America every year.
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