CHICAGO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Eighty-five percent of U.S. workers rank workplace safety first in importance among labor issues, a survey indicates.
The survey, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago for the Public Welfare Foundation in Washington, indicates workplace fatalities were down in 2009, but the number of on-the-job injuries remains high.
About 12 percent of workers reported being injured while on the clock during the past year and 37 percent said they required medical treatment at one time for a workplace injury, the survey found.
Most workers said they are satisfied with safety conditions at work, but they also reported job-related stress -- a contributing factor to injury.
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