Shop Floor Safety — A Cause for Concern

According to the most current reporting data, in 2006, the manufacturing sector had an injury and illness rate of 6.0 per 100 full time employees. Printing and publishing had a rate of just 4.2 per 100 full time employees.

Unfortunately, the worst of our injuries have been splashed across major newspapers and Websites in the past few years. Simply put, people are dying on the job.