Previous research has shown that worksites with fewer than 20 workers generally have much higher fatality rates than do worksites with larger numbers of workers.Some have wondered if this pattern has reflected poorly on small businesses.No one,however,had compared the fatality rates by size of business as opposed to size of worksite.A new RAND study has confirmed the existence of high risks at small worksites but has also found that employees at worksites of fewer than 100 employees were much safer when a small business owned the plant than when a larger business did.
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