Fatal Accidents In The Workplace On The Rise
The North Carolina workers' compensation attorneys at Auger & Auger have learned from the North Carolina Department of Labor that fatal accidents in the workplace are on the rise.
According to the Department of Labor, 53 people were involved in fatal work-place accidents in North Carolina in 2011. This is an increase from 2010, when 50 people had died in work related accidents.
There were 5 deaths in Mecklenburg County in 2011, down from 7 in 2010. Wake County led the state with 6 fatal job site accidents.
The majority of work place fatalities involved men (52 out of the 53 were men) and occurred in construction jobs (16 fatalities), followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing (10). Next were transportation and public utilities (5), government (5), and wholesale trade(5). There were 4 fatalities in retail trade and the service industry. There were only 3 fatalities in the manufacturing field. No fatalities were reported in the fields of real estate, insurance, and finance.
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