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Nearly 670,000 people were employed in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction field in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nearly 3.5 million people were employed as specialty trade contractors in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A subsector of the transportation and warehousing industry, truck transportation covers the transportation of cargo using trucks and tractor trailers.

Washington – The number of fatal workplace injuries decreased in 2012 from the previous year, according to a preliminary report released Aug. 22 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

More than 16 million people worked in the health care and social assistance industry in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That year, recordable injuries exceeded 631,000 and the rate was 5.0 per 100 full-time workers.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, musculoskeletal disorders accounted for 33 percent of all workplace injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in 2011.