OSHA: 30 Georgians Killed on the Job in 2012
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
Workplace accidents killed 30 Georgians last year, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported Monday.
“Too many families and friends lost loved ones last year,” said Mike D’Aquino of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Atlanta office. “Someone they knew went to work and did not return home at the end of the day.”
Construction and manufacturing each were responsible for 12 deaths, followed by four from agriculture/landscaping and two from maritime occupations. The most common cause was a worker being struck by an object or vehicle. Falls were second, followed by the categories “caught in,” electrocution, burns, chemical exposure. One worker died as a result of a freezer.
The Georgia branch of the Association of General Contractors has been working to shrink that number, which had improved as a result of reduced economic activity in recent years, according to Cherri Watson, the association’s director of safety and workforce development.
