thompsonx
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic Well, they are the leading cause of death on the job among postal workers. quote:
ORIGINAL: BamaD I kind of thought it was other postal workers, oh well live and learn. Common misperception, based on the differing levels of media attantion. Dogs have never been out of first place for taking down mail carriers. Why do you think so many postal workers were packing? Dick, the dumb things you say http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00032345.htm Motor-vehicle-related events (n=72) were the leading cause of fatal occupational injury, followed by homicide (n=40) (Figure_1), (page 593). Cause-specific rates for Postal Service employees were consistently lower than rates for all industries, with the largest differential in the category of machine-related deaths (Figure_2), (page 593).
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