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By Fred Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s astounding to realize: a new report from MSNBC revealed that more Americans died as a result of workplace accidents in 2009 alone, than during the entire course of the nine-year Iraq War.<\/p>\n

The number of people killed on the job in the United States in 2009 was 4,551. As of May 18, 2011, the number of servicemen killed in combat totaled 4,770. Nevertheless, an estimated 50,0000 people also die each year of work-related diseases such as illnesses suffered from asbestos exposure or chemical inhalation. As one MSNBC reporter put it, \u201cit\u2019s as if a fully loaded Boeing 737-700 crashed every day\u201d for a year.<\/p>\n

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By Fred Lewis It\u2019s astounding to realize: a new report from MSNBC revealed that more Americans died as a result of workplace accidents in 2009 alone, than during the entire course of the nine-year Iraq War. The number of people killed on the job in the United States in 2009 was 4,551. 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