*IWS Documented News Service*

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach****

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies****

Cornell University****

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky****

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau* ***

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BLS; DOL; NIOSH; CDC; OSHA****

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*Fatal Occupational Injuries and Workers’ Memorial Day* [28 April 2012]****

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/worker_memorial.htm****

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In 2010, a total of 4,690 workers died from injuries they suffered at work. That works out to one U.S. worker dying every 2 hours from a work-related injury.****

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DOL****

*Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis observes Workers' Memorial Day at Action*

*Summit for Worker Safety and Health, announces fall prevention campaign*

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&... ****

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NIOSH eNews FLASH****

*Statement by John Howard, M.D.,*

*Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),*

*For Workers Memorial Day 2012*

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/enews/flash/enewsFLASH18.html****

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CDC****

*Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)*

*Workers Memorial Day — April 28, 2012*

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6116a1.htm?s_cid=mm6116a1_x****

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OSHA****

*Radio actuality in honor of Workers' Memorial Day available from*

*Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels*

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES... ****