Sorry, but ‘funding cuts that affect OSHA’s ability to protect workers’ is NOT the reason for an increase of 16 fatalities from 55 to 71. OSHA and BLS.gov data should be reviewed to find the underlying reason(s). It could also be that 55 is unusually low for NY State fatalities, and 71 is a typical year. Review the prior 6 years fatality counts to compare them to 55 and 71.
Further, the redux of NYC deaths from 25 to 21, touted as ‘due to efforts by officials’ is based on too small a sample size (25 or 21, take your pick). Thus, the causation (efforts by officials) is unsubstantiated, and is being used to justify increasing funding for a bureaucracy. I doubt that increased funding would have a significant, measurable impact because fatality counts in a single state are subject to annual statistical volatility due to the low counts incurred.
Finally, it would be useful to see payroll stats for each year, to measure frequency of fatalities, to see if the (still not statistically credible) frequencies are more similar than fatality counts. IF economic activity increased or deceased, the frequency of claims per $Billions of payroll may be similar… indicating the changing counts are (partially) due to more or less work hours.
This author’s article is self-serving, and may be biased by cherry-picking the stats published.
Do you believe NY stats if they say NYC is going broke or politicians are crooked? :)
NY stats on WC fatalities should be ‘clean’ because employers and insurance cos report them, employer to carrier to NY WC bureau. I doubt the NYCCRB mangles/ distorts the stats.
Sorry, but ‘funding cuts that affect OSHA’s ability to protect workers’ is NOT the reason for an increase of 16 fatalities from 55 to 71. OSHA and BLS.gov data should be reviewed to find the underlying reason(s). It could also be that 55 is unusually low for NY State fatalities, and 71 is a typical year. Review the prior 6 years fatality counts to compare them to 55 and 71.
Further, the redux of NYC deaths from 25 to 21, touted as ‘due to efforts by officials’ is based on too small a sample size (25 or 21, take your pick). Thus, the causation (efforts by officials) is unsubstantiated, and is being used to justify increasing funding for a bureaucracy. I doubt that increased funding would have a significant, measurable impact because fatality counts in a single state are subject to annual statistical volatility due to the low counts incurred.
Finally, it would be useful to see payroll stats for each year, to measure frequency of fatalities, to see if the (still not statistically credible) frequencies are more similar than fatality counts. IF economic activity increased or deceased, the frequency of claims per $Billions of payroll may be similar… indicating the changing counts are (partially) due to more or less work hours.
This author’s article is self-serving, and may be biased by cherry-picking the stats published.
Polar, I don’t believe NY stats for anything.
Do you believe NY stats if they say NYC is going broke or politicians are crooked? :)
NY stats on WC fatalities should be ‘clean’ because employers and insurance cos report them, employer to carrier to NY WC bureau. I doubt the NYCCRB mangles/ distorts the stats.