The construction industry's nonfatal injury and illness rate continued to decline in 2007, the Labor Dept.'s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. In its latest annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, issued Oct.
23, BLS said that construction's rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses at the workplace decreased last year to 5.4 cases per 100 full-time workers, from 5.9 in 2006.