{"id":26730,"date":"2016-05-26T12:12:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T16:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=26730"},"modified":"2016-05-26T12:12:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T16:12:51","slug":"afl-cio-releases-death-job-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/afl-cio-releases-death-job-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO Releases Death on the Job Report","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AFLCIO-death-on-the-job-2016-150x150.png\" alt=\"AFLCIO-death-on-the-job-2016\" \/>The AFL-CIO released its annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aflcio.org\/Issues\/Job-Safety\/Death-on-the-Job-Report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDeath on the Job Report,\u201d<\/a> marking the 25th year the organization has produced a report detailing the state of worker safety.\u00a0Regulations have never been strong enough to fix all of the country\u2019s workplace safety problems, but they help nonetheless.\u00a0According to the AFL-CIO, more than 532,000 lives have been saved by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.<br \/>\nIn 2014, 4,821 workers died on the job and an estimated 50,000 died from occupational disease. 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