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Methodology: How We Calculated the Tower Industry Death Rate
ProPublica
Based on this estimate and the number of fatalities that occurred in 2008, OSHA calculated deaths per 100000 workers for the tower industry for that year. OSHA also compared its 2008 fatality rate for the tower industry with that of the construction ...

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In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives
ProPublica
One carrier, AT&T, had more fatalities on its jobs than its three closest competitors combined, our reporting revealed. Fifteen climbers died on jobs for AT&T since 2003. Over the same period, five climbers died on T-Mobile jobs, two died on Verizon ...

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UPDATE: Plymouth Railroad Fatality Not An Accident
Patch.com
By Stefanie Briggs A man's death this morning in Plymouth was not an accident and was not the result of criminal activity, authorities say. Any further identification and information about the man's death has not been released by authorities yet.

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Which States Have Highest Injury Risk?
Governing (blog)
Drug poisonings, traffic accidents and falls account for the bulk of injury-related deaths measured in the CDC data. Other fatalities include suicides, homicides and fires. Rates for each injury type vary greatly from region to region.

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Testimony opens in fraternity-fatality trial
Ithaca Journal
ITHACA -- With McGraw Tower looming through the east window of the Old Courthouse, testimony began Monday in the trial of three men accused of hazing in last year's death of a Cornell University student. Prosecutors contend that alcohol, ...

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Worrying rise in road fatality
The Borneo Post
MIRI: Malaysia recorded a death toll of 6877 from road accidents in 2011, an average of 18 people killed in a day nationwide last year. Sarawak Malaysia Road Safety Department (JKJR) director Rano Aylwino Akat disclosed that on average, one person was ...

UT: Study Links Teen Driver Fatality Risk To Young Passengers
KGTV San Diego
Overall teen motor vehicle fatalities fell 58 percent during the same period. Still, traffic crashes remain the leading cause of death for people 15 to 20 years old in the nation. “Almost every one of the high-profile teenage fatalities are all teens ...

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Exclusive: Montgomery's 10th traffic fatality victim's mother speaks
WSFA
By Tametria Conner - bio | email Police are investigating the death of an infant in Selma Thursday afternoon. According to the police chief, the mother was driving in the downtown area, near Broad street and Furnis Avenue.

First Coast News
Highway Deaths Per Mile Fall to Record Low
ABC News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's early estimate of 2011 traffic fatalities released Monday said there were 32310 deaths in motor vehicle crashes last year, a drop of 1.7 percent from the previous year. That's the lowest number of ...
Traffic death rate approaches new lowUSA TODAY

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Oil workers' road deaths rise amid long shifts, sleep-deprived drivers
Denver Post
Over the past decade, more than 300 oil-and-gas workers like Roth were killed in highway crashes, the largest cause of fatalities in the industry. Many of these deaths were due in part to oil field exemptions from highway safety rules that allow ...