Infographic: Hazards in the Workplace

Infographic: Hazards in the Workplace

Mechanical engineers work in industries where people put their lives at risk. These employers are increasingly concerned with retirement delays, self-medication, and self-harm.
There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2022. This represents a 5.7 percent increase from the previous year, according to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.

In the AFL-CIO 2024 report, “Death on the Job, the Toll of Neglect,” the group explained that “the job fatality rate in most significantly dangerous industries (manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and mining) has decreased.” The story is different in other industries such as “transportation and warehousing, which has increased 8.5 percent.

More than one-third of workplace fatalities occurred among workers ages 55 and older. And workers 65 and older have 2.4 times the risk of dying on the job as other workers, the AFL-CIO reported. An area of growing concern is employees harming themselves at work. According to the BLS, in 2022, 267 workers took their own lives at their workplaces.


 

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