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In 2008, 40 percent of all workplace fatalities were transportation related, according to the American Society of Safety Engineers. In fact, transportation incidents continue to be the No. 1 cause of on-the job deaths, a trend that has been the case since 1992.
“These crashes are preventable,” said Portland, Oregon’s Lee Briney, ASSE Columbia-Willamette Chapter President. “The overall price tag for transportation crashes in the U.S. each year is $170 billion dollars, and we all end up paying for it.”
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