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Driving is the top hazard for death at work.(Business)

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)

| April 29, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Albuquerque Tribune. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Leanne Potts ASSISTANT BUSINESS EDITOR

When a worker is killed on the job in New Mexico, odds are nearly 1 in 3 he died at the wheel of a vehicle.

Motor-vehicle incidents were the No. 1 cause of workplace fatalities in 1998, according to the latest statistics from the New Mexico Workers Compensation Administration.

The trend is not a new one, said Jim Mullen, chief of the Safety Bureau for the agency.

"It's been that way every year," he said. "Motor-vehicle deaths are a real problem."

Out of the 30 people who were killed on the job last year in New Mexico, nine died in motor-vehicle accidents. The workers most often …

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