Published on: 08/11/2026
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Your article on deadly occupations reports that there were 52 fatal workplace accidents in Oregon in 2024, (“These are Oregon’s most deadly occupations,” Aug. 2). The source is the annual U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The critical word here is injuries, because these statistics exclude fatal occupational diseases. My review of literature in 2020 for the Economic Policy Institute revealed fatal diseases can outnumber accidents by as much as 10 to one.
News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/08/readers-respond-count-disease-in-dangerous-occupations.html
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