Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The Costs of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job

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Protecting Temporary Workers

The Cost of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job
- Report*
Filing a Complaint
- How to File a Complaint with OSHA
As of January 1, 2015, all covered Employers must report fatalities and severe injuries to OSHA.
- Web page
New Recordkeeping Requirements
- Web page
Protecting Temporary Workers
- Web page
- Recommended Practices*

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4,405 workers died on the job in 2013

12/2/2014 MO: Worker killed by engulfment in grain storage bin.

12/10/2014 HI: Two workers struck and killed by buoy that fell from crane.

12/11/2014 TX: Three workers asphyxiated from smoke in underground tank.

12/15/2014 WA: Worker struck and killed by falling tree top.

12/16/2014 NY: Worker refinishing bathtub died from exposure to Methylene Chloride.

12/17/2014 ND: Eighteen workers hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure.

12/18/2014 TX: Worker killed in fall from ladder.

1/1/2015 FL: Worker died from carbon monoxide asphyxiation.

1/4/2015 TX: Worker fatally engulfed in grain storage bin.

1/7/2015 CO: Worker killed in fall from scissor lift.

1/10/2015 NC: Worker fatally engulfed in grain storage bin.

1/15/2015 GA: Worker killed in fall from scissor lift.

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"No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people."
Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez

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