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Luckily, we don't have to guess based on what is conceivable. The US government keeps statistics on this. Even since 1985, the rate of both workplace injuries
by jonas21 5y ago
Luckily, we don't have to guess based on what is conceivable. The US government keeps statistics on this.
Even since 1985, the rate of both workplace injuries [1] and fatalities [2] have fallen significantly. (the fatality graph doesn't go all the way back to 1985, but if you look at the source data they cite, the trend continues)
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/images/laborforcedata/chart1.jpg https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/images/laborfo...
[2] https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/images/laborforcedata/Chart16.jpg https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/images/laborfo...
- retrac 5y agoAmericans don't work industrial jobs anymore. All the steel mill maimings are happening in China. What's the rate within a specific profession? Has it stayed constant for e.g. electrical line repair workers? (Not just trying to deflect here, sorry. I should have anticipated your point there. I was aware of the trend you speak of.)
- retrac 5y agoTo answer my own question: I pieced together a partial picture from scattered data for fatalities and serious injuries in electrical utility workers from the late 80s onward for Ireland, UK and USA. It seems to have got a bit better through the early 2000s and is maybe flat recently. In any case not worse than the 80s as I conjectured carelessly, though not sharply better either.