>Are there up-to-date statistics on increased accidents industrywide
>caused by this productivity push?
<http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/osh.t06.htm>
number of occupational injuries & illnesses per 100 full-time workers:
1973 11.0 1974 10.4 1975 9.1 1976 9.2 1977 9.3 1978 9.4 1979 9.5 1980 8.7 1981 8.3 1982 7.7 1983 7.6 1984 8.0 1985 7.9 1986 7.9 1987 8.3 1988 8.6 1989 8.6 1990 8.8 1991 8.4 1992 8.9 1993 8.5 1994 8.4 1995 8.1 1996 7.4 1997 7.1 1998 6.7