Work-Related Deaths Up in 2012 in Texas

Texas had more than 500 work-related fatalities in 2012, an increase of more than 20 percent from the previous year.

According to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor of Statistics, the most dangerous job in the state was driving heavy and tractor-trailer trucks.

The Texas Department of Insurance said in a statement the number of deaths involving heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers increased by 57 percent in 2012, up from 77 incidents to 121.

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