Source: Kevin Gomez-Gonzalez, NC POLICY WATCH, 7/14/21


Limitations of government record keeping, journalism conventions likely helping to obscure the true impact of COVID-19 on migrant communities It’s long been established that agricultural workplaces are among the nation’s most dangerous. The latest census on fatal occupational injuries by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the category containing agriculture was responsible for the highest fatal work injury rate at 23.1 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers. 

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