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Workers' Memorial Day --- April 28, 2008
Workers' Memorial Day, observed each year on April
28, was established to recognize workers who died or
were injured on the job. In 2006, 5,840 workers in the United States died from injuries sustained at work
(1); an estimated 49,000 annual deaths have been
attributed to work-related diseases (2). In 2006, an estimated 4.1 million
private-sector workers had a nonfatal work-related injury or illness; approximately half of these workers required a job
transfer, work restrictions, or time away from their jobs
(3). An estimated 3.4 million workers were treated in
emergency departments in 2004 because of occupational injuries, and approximately 80,000 were hospitalized
(4). In 2005, workers' compensation costs for employers totaled an estimated $89 billion
(5).
Additional information on workplace safety and health is available from CDC at
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh.
Information also is available by telephone, 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636).
References
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2006. Washington, DC: US
Department of Labor; 2007. Available at
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf.
Steenland K, Burnett C, Lalich N, Ward E, Hurrell J. Dying for work: the magnitude of U.S. mortality from selected causes of
death associated with occupation. Am J Ind Med 2003;43:461--82.
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workplace injuries and illnesses in 2006. Washington, DC: US Department of Labor;
2007. Available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh.pdf.
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