Workers

Progressive -The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  recently announced that 5,486 workers died on the job in 2022, a nearly 6 percent increase from 2021. Employers reported 2.8 million non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2022, the BLS said, up by 7.5 percent from the previous year. This is almost certainly an undercount, given that many work-related health conditions go unreported. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been starved of resources—while being, paradoxically, vilified as a business-killer—since its creation in 1970. In fiscal year 2022, the agency spent $3.99 per worker, according to the AFL-CIO. That’s less than a venti Caffè Latte at Starbucks.