(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.
It has been found that unsafe actions, more so than unsafe conditions are the root cause of the vast majority of occupational injuries and accidents. - February 2013. Unsafe Act. Performance of a task or other activity that is conducted in a manner that may threaten the health and/or safety of workers.