(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.
The vast majority of workplace injuries are covered by workers' compensation. These workplace injuries can be caused by anything or anyone and at any time, even a fellow co-worker. Under workers' compensation laws, the cause of the accident is less important than the fact that it occurred during the course of work.