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    Worked to Death

    Jul 01, 2019 2 minutes
    —GUS BOVA

    N 2017, A WORKER IN TEXAS DIED ON THE JOB EVERY 16 hours. They died from electrocution, asphyxiation, falls from roofs, exposure to toxins, equipment malfunctions, heat stroke and automobile collisions. The death toll exceeded the number of murders in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin combined. 2016

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