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Read the testimony of Peg Seminario, AFL-CIO director of Safety and Health, before the House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2008 (H.R. 6594).
Download 2008 Workers Memorial Day materials.
Read the 2008 AFL-CIO Death on the Job report. (Download the full report in PDF format, 1.14 MB.)
Learn more about the flu pandemic and how workers can protect themselves.
Learn more about workplace safety and health with the Safety & Health Toolbox (en Español).

FACTS & STATS

In 2006, more than 5,700 workers were killed and thousands were injured on the job—state-by-state breakdowns and other info in the AFL-CIO Facts & Stats database.

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