Are there many construction accidents each year in the United States?
In 2000, there were a total of 5,915 workers fatally injured on the job and this was just in the US alone. Amazingly this numbered had dropped by 2% from previous years. To average this out, it would work out to about sixteen workers a day. In this total, construction workers took the lead of fatalities with 2,118, more than any other occupational group in the US.
