DID YOU KNOW? In the decades since the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) was signed into law, workplace deaths and reported occupational injuries have dropped by more than 60 percent. Yet the nation's workers continue to face an unacceptable number of work-related deaths, injuries and illnesses, most of them preventable:

• Every day, more than 12 workers die on the job – over 4,500 a year.
• Every year, more than 4.1 million workers suffer a serious job-related injury or illness.

OSHA Reports Dramatic Increase in Fatal Occupational Injuries The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of 2016 Fatal Occupational Injuries reports there were 5,190 […]