OSHA working with agriculture community to promote safety

2013 – 09/16/2013 – US Labor Department’s OSHA working with agriculture community to promote safety education during Farm Safety Week, Sept. 15-22https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=24813WASHINGTON – The agriculture sector accounted for 475 deaths in 2012. With a fatality rate of 21.2 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, agriculture recorded the highest fatality rate of any industry sector. Additionally, 48,300 injuries were recorded in 2011, the last year for which…

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