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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

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/

Workplace Safety and Health in the Health Care and Social Assistance Industry, 2003-07 [30 August 2010]

by Jill A. Janocha and Ryan T. Smith

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20100825ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/sh20100825ar01p1.htm

Abstract:

The health care and social assistance industry is characterized by large employment, diverse demographics, and unique occupational safety issues. Over the 5-year period from 2003 to 2007, the number of nonfatal injuries and illnesses in private industry declined; over the same period, the number of fatal occupational injuries in all industries increased somewhat, averaging 129 per year.

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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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