A corporate safety officer is analyzing national data to create a new, targeted safety program. Their goal is to address the most critical on-the-job risks, paying special attention to demographic differences. Based on the established statistics for workplace fatalities, which conclusion should most directly inform the development of a program specifically for female employees?

A safety committee at a large company is analyzing its budget for preventing on-the-job fatalities. The committee notes that its workforce is composed of 75% women. Based on this demographic information and national data on workplace fatalities, which of the following two initiatives should be prioritized, and why?