Workplace hazards kill approximately 140,000 people a year, according to the 2025 AFL-CIOs annual report “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect 2025.” That includes 5,283 from traumatic injuries and an estimated 135,000 from occupational diseases in 2023. That’s 385 people a day snuffed out because of work.
Add to this the 40,000 to 45,000 killed by cars annually. In 2023, for instance, there were 40,901 traffic deaths. There are no statistics for it I can find, but it’s not difficult to believe that a good portion, possibly a majority, of those killed were on their way to, or fleeing from, work.