Working in California gets safer even as job count grows

California employers have performed a noteworthy juggling act: boosting staffing while lowering on-the-job deaths and injuries.
The latest workplace safety statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that as bosses statewide pushed employment above pre-recession highs in 2016, workplace deaths fell. Meanwhile, deaths on the job nationally rose to an eight-year high. Worker injuries fell both in the state and nationally that year.
Please note that on-the-job fatality and injury