(December 2012) Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side.
In many industrialized countries, where the number of deaths from work-related accidents has been falling, deaths from occupational disease, notably asbestosis, is on the rise. Globally, asbestos alone is responsible for 100,000 occupational deaths per year.
Leading Causes in work-related deaths in the U.S. (ch2) motor vehicle related, falls, electric current, drowning, fire related, air transport related, poisoning, and water transport related. Leading causes of work-related injuries (ch2) over exertion, impact accidents, falls, bodily reaction, compression, motor vehicle accidents, exposure to radiation/caustics, rubbing or abrasions, and extreme temperatures.