Why are more Latinos dying on the job again?

*Again? The headline asks why Latinos are dying on the job again. 797 Latinos died in job related accidents in 2013, up from 707 in 2010. The question we should ask is: why did we stop talking about it? VL

By Lydia DePillis, The Washington Post

The overall number of on the job-deaths reached an all-time low of 3.2 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2013, while the Latino rate inched up again to 3.8 from 3.7.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary numbers for 2013, which are usually revised upward as more reports trickle in, 797 Latinos died on the job last year, up from an all-time low of 707 in 2010. Over the same period, the overall number declined from 4,690 fatalities to 4,405 — an all-time low. In the aggregate, American workers have gotten a whole lot more safe, in large part because machines have replaced humans in dangerous industries like mining and manufacturing.

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