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Philadelphia Area Workplace Fatalities
Fatal work injuries in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) totaled 89 in 2006, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional Commissioner Sheila Watkins noted that the 2006 fatality count was 17 percent higher than the 76 deaths recorded in 2005.
In the Philadelphia metropolitan area, falls to a lower level accounted for 19.1 percent of fatal occupational injuries. The Boston metropolitan area had the largest share attributable to falls to a lower level, 23.3 percent. Falls to a lower level were the most frequent fatal workplace event in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, and Boston in 2006. In Detroit, both falls to a lower level and highway crashes (referred to here as highway crashes but includes non-collision incidents as well) tied as the most frequent fatal event among workers in 2006. Eleven of the 12 metropolitan areas had an above-average share of work-related deaths attributed to falls to a lower level, Dallas being the only exception. In Dallas, falls to a lower level accounted for 10.1 percent of workplace fatalities, compared to the 12.8-percent registered nationally in 2006.
Almost all of the 12 largest metropolitan areas had a lower-than-average percentage of occupational fatalities resulting from highway crashes. In fact, only Atlanta, with a 24.1-percent share, was above the 23.3 percent registered nationally in 2006. In Philadelphia, 12.4 percent of on-the-job fatalities were attributed to highway crashes and in two areas, Los Angeles and Boston, percentages were under 10.0 percent. (See chart C.) Nationwide, highway crashes were the most frequent fatal workplace event; this was also true in Dallas and Atlanta
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