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Fatalities to workers age 55 and older trending up
February 24, 2020
Workplace fatalities are trending upward among workers age 55 and older. In 2018, there were 1,863 fatal work injuries among workers age 55 and older. That was 35 percent of all workplace deaths, up from 20 percent in 1992. The historic high was 37 percent in 2017.
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Job openings decrease 14.9 percent for the year ended December 2019
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