Falls are a persistent hazard found in all occupational settings. A fall can occur during the simple acts of walking or climbing a ladder to change a light fixture or as a result of a complex series of events affecting an ironworker 80 feet above the ground. According to the 2009 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 605 workers were killed and an estimated 212,760 workers were seriously injured by falls to the same or lower level.
The highest frequency of fall-related fatalities was experienced by the construction industry, while the highest counts of nonfatal fall injuries continue to be associated with the health services and the wholesale and retail industries. Healthcare support, building cleaning and maintenance, transportation and material moving, and construction and extraction occupations are particularly at risk of fall injuries.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/falls/
Vocabulary:
settings: cenário, ambiente.
ironworker: ferreiro.
seriously: gravemente.
while: quanto.
wholesale and retail: atacado e varejo.
Healthcare: cuidados com a pele.
O texto fala do elevado número de acidentes relacionados a queda. É que os de maior gravidade ocorrem na construção civil.
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