Comment: Gee that DP article posts about deaths over a 10 year period and includes 8 traffic accidents and a homicide in its numbers.    It appears they care more about sensationalism than about facts.   The sad thing is as the DP article admits, is that in many cases the worker that died was violating company policy when the accident happened.   Working on wires without locking them out first, using a blowtorch to ‘thaw’ a line, etc.   If we had a Taxi driver driving drunk we wouldn’t blame the Taxi industry if they ran over a pedestrian.   No we would blame the DRUNK DRIVER.  

It is nice that you included a link to the greatest danger facing workers engaged in fracking a well.   Silica is very bad for the worker but very easy for workers to wear protective gear and eliminate the risk.  The same is true of benzene (a common chemical of solar panel production too).   The protective equipment eliminates the risk of health impacts when properly used