It’s Trench Season! Let’s Be Watchful Out There
It’s spring. The flowers are blooming, the cicadas are coming and peoples’ water lines and roofs need repair. And to…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
It’s spring. The flowers are blooming, the cicadas are coming and peoples’ water lines and roofs need repair. And to…
How workers died last week: Two trenching fatalities, electrocution, falls, fires, public employee drowning, machinery deaths, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents.…
How workers died last week: Two trench collapses, electrocution, wood chipper, falls, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents, suicide. On average, over…
This morning. A few blocks from my house. He wasn’t very appreciative of my efforts to save his life. For…
Workers crushed under semi-trailer, under mobile home and by thousands of pounds of dirt in an unprotected trench. Shootings, falls,…
__________________________________________________________’ Michael Dorgan Fox News Somewhere in New York Dear Mr. Dorgan: I am writing about an article you wrote…
How workers died over the last couple of weeks: Two workers killed in trench collapses, worker crushed under 90,000-pound trailer,…
How workers died last week: falls, machinery and vehicle incidents, forklifts, shootings, cranes, firefighting, grain auger. On average, over 100…
I’ve been on vacation — but death in the workplace takes no breaks. Over the last couple of weeks, two…
This is a tale of two systems: One where employees are protected by a law requiring them to be provided…