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Study finds Latino workers die of occupational injuries at higher rates than other groups

By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven In April, a 22-year-old woman was crushed to death by an industrial mixing machine during her shift at the Northeast Foods processing plant in Johnston County. In May, a 48-year-old laborer at an industrial cleaning company in Montgomery County fatally fell out of a large, horizontal duct. And in June, a 39-year-old […]