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There were 4,500 workplace fatalities due to unintentional injuries.

There were 3.2 deaths per 100,000 workers.

On the job, 3.4 million American workers suffered disabling injuries.

Motor vehicle crashes accounted for 2,000 of the 4,500 workplace fatalities.

The agriculture industry accounted for 710 deaths and 110,000 disabling injuries. Agriculture workers had the second highest death rate among the industry divisions.

Work injuries cost Americans $156.2 billion. That amounts to $1,120 per worker.

Nearly 9 out of 10 deaths and about two thirds of the disabling injuries suffered by American workers occurred off-the-job.

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Regional Associations

Arkansas Chapter of American Society of safety Engineers	Greater Ozarks Chapter of Academy of Certified Hazardous materials Managers
Missouri Safety Council