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employee safety  

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  • Every day, millions of Americans go to work with the expectation that they will return home unharmed; however, this is not always the case. Each year, approximately 6,000 employees in the United States die from workplace injuries, while another 50,000 die from illnesses caused by exposure to workplace hazards. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Employee Safety]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/employee_safety

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