The waste and recycling industry reduced its fatality rate in 2012 from the previous year and dropped to the sixth most dangerous profession from fourth, according to a new government report. Refuse and recyclable material collectors suffered 26 deaths in 2012 compared with 34 in 2011, according to data from the Washington-based U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. That translates to a worker fatality rate of 27.1 for 2012 compared with 41.2 in the previous ...