"Amid the horrific scenes of the BP oil spill, we should not neglect the fact that 11 workers died on the rig when it exploded April 20. Nor should we neglect the daily carnage that workers suffer on the job in America.
It's been a very bad couple of months for worker safety: Seven dead in Washington following the explosion of the Tesoro refinery.
Six dead in Connecticut in the Kleen Energy power plant explosion.
Twenty-nine dead in West Virginia's Upper Big Branch Mine disaster.
And 11 dead in the Gulf of Mexico oil rig collapse.
But behind the headlines on the latest disaster is a far quieter but equally disturbing story."
To read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/11/2008678/workplace-deaths-an-epidemic.html#ixzz0qZWZSeDS
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