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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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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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