NM’s work-related deaths double the U.S. rate

Workplace deaths in the oil and gas and trucking industries help explain why New Mexico had about twice the U.S. rate of work-related fatalities in 2013, health officials said in a new report.
New Mexico’s oil and gas industry accounted for about one-in-four of the state’s workplace fatalities in 2013, and trucking accidents also claimed a large share of deaths, the New Mexico Department of Health report said.
Of New Mexico’s 44 workplace deaths that year, 12 were oil and gas i