{"id":5915,"date":"2022-04-27T08:03:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T12:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2022-04-26T23:56:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T03:56:37","slug":"afl-cio-releases-2022-death-on-the-job-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2022\/04\/27\/afl-cio-releases-2022-death-on-the-job-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO Releases 2022 “Death on the Job” Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow is Workers Memorial Day<\/a> — the day every year that is dedicated, in labor organizer Mother Jones’ words to “Mourn for the Dead and Fight like Hell for the Living.”<\/p>\n

Workers Memorial Day also marks the release of the AFL-CIO’s annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect<\/a> report that details the current state of safety and health protections state for America\u2019s workers. This is the 31st edition of the report and nowhere else can you find everything you ever needed to know about workplace safety and health than in this report.<\/p>\n

The report observes that although the Biden administration is making slow but steady progress recovering from Trump’s attacks on longstanding workplace safety protections and attempt to dismantle the systems for future protections, Republicans and the business community continues to oppose any budget increases or additional regulatory protections for workers.<\/p>\n

So what is the state of safety and health protections in 2022?<\/p>\n

The good news is that “More than 647,000 workers now can say their lives have been saved since the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Act 51 years ago.<\/p>\n

The Bad News<\/h2>\n

The bad news is that:<\/p>\n

Workplace hazards kill and disable approximately 125,000 workers each year\u20144,764 from traumatic injuries, and an estimated 120,000 from occupational diseases. Job injury and illness numbers continue to be severe undercounts of the real problem.<\/p>\n

Looking for more bad news?<\/p>\n