Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
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How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
The troubled relationship between mail carriers and dogs are kind of a cliché — but also a deadly hazard. Two…
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…
As we pass the midpoint of 2022, we may be headed to a new record for trench collapse fatalities. Dare…
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
Last week: Three killed in trench collapses, Ohio public employee (with no OSHA coverage) dies in wastewater treatment plant, firefighter…