By Doug Cunningham

Thousands of workers are still dying on the job each year in the U.S. and in some cases employers are paying as little as $750 in each death. The AFL-CIO’s annual report on death and injuries on the job says in 2006, the latest year for which numbers are available, more than 5800 workers were killed on the job. There’s an increase in the number of Latino workers being killed at work. The AFL-CIO says inspections and enforcement of workplace safety rules has seriously diminished under the Bush administration.