Doug, checking the hotlink above, I noticed that the '92-'98 figures are qualified with this footnote: "Data exclude fatal work-related injuries and illnesses." What do the trend lines look like with those fatalities included? And how much of that *is* homicide (which I thought was mainly a postal problem)?
Carl
>>number of occupational injuries & illnesses per 100 full-time workers:
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>>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
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