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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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Compensation and Working Conditions Online [25 April 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm


Fatal Occupational Injuries to Members of the Resident Military, 1992-2003 (04/25/2005)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20050421ar01p1.htm

Fatal work injuries among members of the military stationed in the United States accounted for 2 percent of all fatal work injuries in the Nation over the period from 1992 to 2003. Compared with other fatally injured workers, those in the resident military were more likely to be male, young, and non-Hispanic white, and they were more likely to be fatally injured in aircraft incidents and suicides. More.


Chart: Percent of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by hours on the job before event occurred, 2003 (04/25/2005)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20050420ch01.htm


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