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工作安全 Workplace Safety Part 1　　LISA CULLEN for years worked as a corporate safety and health manager. She was so distressed by what she saw that she quit her job and vowed to write a book，now published as A Job to Die For ： Why So Many Americans Are Killed, Injured or Made 111　　at Work and What To Do About It, about what is wrong in the U. S. workplace.　　利萨.卡伦多年从事公司安全和健康管理者的工作。她所看到的让她很悲伤，以至于放弃了工作发誓要写一本书，现在这本书出版了，即《为之献身　　的工作》:为什么那么多的美国人在工作中失去了生命，受伤或生病?如何解决这个问题?美国人的工作地点有什么不对？　　(A = Interviewer B = Lisa Cullen)　　(甲=记者 乙=丽莎.卡伦）　　A： Why did you write A Job to Die For?　　甲：你为什么写《为之献身的工作》这本书？　　B： As a nation, our occupational injury and illness rate rivals that of AIDS, Alzheimer’s，certain types of cancers. There is very little research on it. There is very little public awareness of it. There is very little investigative journalism about corporate behavior as to worker protection.　　乙：作为一个国家，我们的职业伤病率可以匹敌艾滋病，阿茲海默症（老人痴呆症）及某些癌症。对此却少有研究。公众对此也少有意识。新闻业也很少调查公司保护工人的行为。　　A； How many people die in the United States from work-related injuries?　　甲：在美国，有多少人死于与工作相关的伤害？　　B： The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that only 16 workers die a day from work-related injuries. The 18 number I rely on is based on a study that was done by a team of experts headed by J. Paul Leigh and originally released in 1997.　　乙：美国劳动统计局说每天只有16名工人死于与工作相关的伤害。我信赖的数字是18，这个数字的依据是以保罗?利为首的一个专家小组所作的一个研究，结果最早公布于1997年。　　A: These numbers are way down from 30 years ago. Are safety programs working?　　甲：这些数字是三十年前的。安全规划起作用吗？　　B： Well, many companies do have good safety programs. But compared to 30 years ago, we don’t know the trend. Occupational diseases are poorly detected and tracked. Also, while the overall Bureau of Labor Statistics injury rates are going down, the injury rates have increased for women, miners and Hispanic workers and within certain industries.　　乙：嗯，很多公司确实有很好的安全规划。但是跟30年前相比，我们不知道发展趋势。职业病无法侦察和跟踪。而且，在美国劳动统计局总体的伤害 率在下降的同时,对妇女，矿工，具有拉丁美洲或西班牙血统的美国人以及某些行业人员的伤害率提髙了。　　A： One hundred and sixty five