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How many railroad workers were killed or injured in 1889? Why did so many workers die on the job?

How many railroad workers were killed or injured in 1889? Why did so many workers die on the job?
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How many railroad workers were killed or injured in 1889? Why did so many workers die on the job?

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22,000.
Railroad companies called these "acts of God" or the result of "carelessness" on the part of the workers.
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22,000 were killed or injured. It was a result of "carelessness" on the part of the workers (as said in coursehero.com)
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