Every year, more than 5,000 American workers and approximately 1,000 Canadian workers die in work-related incidents. On April 28, the International Day of Mourning, pay your respects to your fellow workers who were injured or killed on the job.

In the U.S., an average of 16 workers die each day from injuries received at work, and 134 are estimated to die from work-related diseases. And approximately 9,000 American workers are treated in emergency wards each day because of occupational injuries. Read the rest of this entry »