Learn six facts about the dangers of the trucking industry.
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- Truckers are six times more likely to be killed on the job than other workers.
- Twelve percent of all worker deaths in the United States occur in the trucking industry.
- Heavy truck crashes accounted for 17 to 19 per cent of all motor vehicle deaths and five percent of all motor vehicle injuries in Canada in 2001.
- One in 18 US truck drivers is injured or suffers illness as a result of the job.
- The injury rate for the trucking injury is 30 percent higher than that of other US industries.
- Half of all non-fatal truck injuries in the US involve strains and sprains, frequently linked to the unloading of goods by truck drivers.
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