USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -India reported 1, 109 deaths and more than 4, 000 injuries in registered factories, on average, each year between 2017 and 2020. The largely informal economy and underreporting of incidents even in the formal economy mean these figures are underestimates, say experts.

Detailed explanation-2: -News Releases. There were 5, 190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021, an 8.9-percent increase from 4, 764 in 2020. The fatal work injury rate was 3.6 fatalities per 100, 000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, up from 3.4 per 100, 000 FTE in 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ILO estimates that some 2.3 million women and men around the world succumb to work-related accidents or diseases every year; this corresponds to over 6000 deaths every single day. Worldwide, there are around 340 million occupational accidents and 160 million victims of work-related illnesses annually.

Detailed explanation-4: -The increase in hours worked does not fully account for the increase in work deaths. The preventable injury death rate of 3.1 per 100, 000 workers is up from 3.0 in 2020. Work-related medically consulted injuries totaled 4.26 million in 2021.