Work-related accidents, illnesses kill nearly 2 M each year: UN

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Work-related illnesses and injuries kill nearly two million people annually, largely due to long working hours, the UN said Friday, warning that the pandemic was likely to worsen the situation.

Geneva, Switzerland —

Long working hours “are the single deadliest occupational risk factor” World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference in a video statement. After long working hours, workplace exposure to gases, fumes and other air pollution was seen as the top risk, responsible for some 450,000 deaths in 2016.

“We can and we must ensure safe and healthy workplaces for all workers.” On a positive note, the global death rate from work-related causes shrank by 14 percent over the 16-year-period covered in the report, although a growing global population meant the number of deaths remained about the same. The death rate from heart disease associated with exposure to long working hours ballooned by 41 percent, while stroke deaths brought on by excessive work rose 19 percent, the report showed.

 

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