{"id":35041,"date":"2026-10-01T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/segun-un-informe-preliminar-de-la-oficina-de-estadisticas-laborales-bls-por-sus-siglas-en-ingles-aumentaron-las-lesiones-laborales-mortales-en-2014\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:34:32","slug":"segun-un-informe-preliminar-de-la-oficina-de-estadisticas-laborales-bls-por-sus-siglas-en-ingles-aumentaron-las-lesiones-laborales-mortales-en-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/segun-un-informe-preliminar-de-la-oficina-de-estadisticas-laborales-bls-por-sus-siglas-en-ingles-aumentaron-las-lesiones-laborales-mortales-en-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Seg\u00fan un informe preliminar de la Oficina de Estad\u00edsticas Laborales (BLS, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s), aumentaron las lesiones laborales mortales en 2014."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of how many safety measures are in place, every year millions workers will suffer from occupational injuries and illnesses. In the U.S., the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) keeps track of all recordable instances of injuries, both fatal and nonfatal. The BLS releases reports of all of their statistics so that improvements to worker safety can be made. Their most recent yearly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cfoi.nr0.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report for 2014<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows the preliminary numbers for fatal occupational injuries increasing with a total of 4,669 fatal work injuries.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a worker is injured on the job, they most likely are eligible to receive medical and income benefits through their state\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation. Atlanta workers can speak to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workers\u2019 compensation lawyer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about collecting benefits in Georgia. <\/span>\n\n\n<h2><b>Georgia Fatal Injuries<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to releasing national numbers, the BLS also tracks statistics for individual states. Georgia accounted for a total of 148 of the fatal injuries recorded nationwide, a 31 percent increase from the numbers recorded last year by the state. Georgia\u2019s fatal occupational injuries have ranged between a low of 101 in 2012 and a high of 249 in 1994. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transportation injuries made up over one-third of the fatalities, with 59 deaths, most of which involved land vehicles. Other categories of accidents that posted significant numbers included:<\/span>\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Violence and other injuries by people or animals;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slip, trip, and fall accidents; and <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact with objects or machinery\/equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A vast majority of those fatally injured &#8211; 92 percent &#8211; were male, and 82 percent worked for wages and salaries.<\/span>\n\n\n<h2><b>Compensation Available after Fatal Injuries<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a worker loses their life through the course of their employment, their families and any dependents are typically entitled to collect Georgia workers\u2019 compensation on their behalf. These special death benefits are meant to help the eligible surviving beneficiaries cope with the loss of income and possible medical expenses incurred before the injured worker died. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically, eligible dependents who would be beneficiaries of a fatally injured worker include:<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li><b><b>Spouse &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So long as the couple was legally married and living together, the spouse would be a beneficiary. Couples who were separated more than 90 days prior to the accident or had a common law marriage may have their claim denied.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li><b><b>Children &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children, both natural and legally adopted, step-children, and posthumous children are eligible until they turn 18. Any children enrolled in full-time college are eligible until age 22. Children with mental or physical disabilities that prevent them from taking care of themselves are also eligible over age 18.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the state of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sbwc.georgia.gov\/law\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, beneficiaries may receive two-thirds of the average weekly wage earned by the worker or a maximum of $550.00 per week. Benefits stop for children when they reach age 18 (or 22 for those enrolled in school) and surviving spouses if they remarry or openly cohabitate with another partner. A spouse with no children is entitled to a maximum of $220,000.<\/span>\n\n\n<h2><b>Work With a Workers\u2019 Compensation Attorney<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coping with a work injury is difficult for both the injured worker and their loved ones, from concerns about loss of income to staggering medical expenses. If you are an injured Atlanta worker or are a surviving family member of a fatally injured worker, you have the right to be compensated for your suffering. Call <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers Compensation Lawyers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to speak to an experienced workers\u2019 compensation attorney about the specifics of your case. We will make sure all of your questions are answered and that you know your rights. <\/span>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-compensacion-laboral"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35047,"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35041\/revisions\/35047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workerscompensationlawyersatlanta.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}