Industries with the most workplace injuries in New Mexico

(STACKER) - When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened in 1971, the state of workplace safety was extremely grim. In the 1960s, a staggering 14,000 workers died on the job every year. Without safety regulations or enforcement in place, workers were left largely unprotected from unsafe conditions, leading to high rates of injury and death.The creation of OSHA drastically changed the workplace safety landscape. In the first three decades after the administration opened