Daily Debriefing
New Hampshire tied with Vermont for the second-lowest job fatality rate nationwide, with only 15 deaths this year, according to the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization's annual report, which was released in honor of the Workers Memorial Day. Seven of the 15 deaths occurred in transportation accidents, three in falls and five were unclassified. This decline in the rate of fatalities from 3.1 to 2.1 per 100,000 workers comes as the national average rose from 4.0 to 4.1 fatalities per 100,000 workers.