Jul 21, 2026 · 31 min · 7 segments
Zero risk was never the goal. A deliberately defined, defensible, and economically sound threshold is." This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin discuss Dr. Martin's July 7, 2026 article "The…
Logan F. MartinHost
James JunkinHost
National Safety Council, Safety and Health Magazine recently in the article put out really some disturbing trending data given the focus on serious injury and fatality programs, initiatives, things of that nature over the last few years.
So what the data showed is that in the building construction trades, fatalities increased nearly 55% between 2012 and 2024.
So all the progress that we've made in that sector seems to, from the data, somewhat seems to be stalling out.
So, encouragingly though, non-fatal injuries have decreased substantially over that same time period, but we still have a problem with serious injuries and fatalities based on the data.
Yeah, I feel like that could be, it's not today's show, but I feel like that could be a whole day's show on talking about why we think that might be and some of the things that we could probably put in place to help.
National Safety Council, Safety and Health Magazine recently in the article put out really some disturbing trending data given the focus on serious injury and fatality programs, initiatives, things of that nature over the last few years.
So what the data showed is that in the building construction trades, fatalities increased nearly 55% between 2012 and 2024.
So all the progress that we've made in that sector seems to, from the data, somewhat seems to be stalling out.
So, encouragingly though, non-fatal injuries have decreased substantially over that same time period, but we still have a problem with serious injuries and fatalities based on the data.
Yeah, I feel like that could be, it's not today's show, but I feel like that could be a whole day's show on talking about why we think that might be and some of the things that we could probably put in place to help.
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