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The Occupational Safety and Health division tracks work-related deaths across the state to pinpoint where fatalities are occurring and address trends and issues that may appear. Struck-by incidents made up the largest number of work-related deaths in North Carolina last year, the OSH division said All of these work-related deaths are difficult to process, no matter the cause,” N.C. labor commissioner Josh Dobson said.
The OHS will create programs attempting to lessen these instances moving forward. In 2021, we will continue working toward our core mission by concentrating our education, training and compliance resources on high hazard industries, while also working with employers and employees on best practices for reducing the risk of COVID-19 in the workplace, Dobson continued.
ZIP code rankings don’t present a complete picture of the pandemic in North Carolina, but they do offer snapshots.
Since the spring, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has tracked COVID-19 cases by individual ZIP codes. Out of more than 750 ZIP codes in the state’s database, eight have reported more than one case for every 10 residents.
The highest-ranking ZIP codes tend to have smaller populations where viral spread sends per capita case rates rocketing. Hard hit urban areas don’t appear at the very top of this list, and the stories of countless nursing homes ravaged by outbreaks can get buried in the data.