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| | Up to 5 Canadians die on the job each working day: study |
 | | The study, Five Deaths a Day: Workplace Fatalities in Canada, 1993-2005, says the number of workplace deaths is on the increase in Canada. |
 | | According to the study, Newfoundland in 2005 had the highest rate of workplace deaths of all 10 provinces, with 11.7 deaths per 100,000 workers, a rate that is nearly double the national average. |
 | | In a provincial breakdown of workplace deaths, the study said Ontario had the largest number of workplace deaths, with an average of 303 deaths per year from 1993 to 2005, 35.4 per cent of the country's total. |
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