Weekly Toll: Working the Final Shift
Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…
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Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…
Over the last week, two EMTs killed, a couple of logging deaths, storm-related fatalities, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents. All in…
Through January 2. Running a bit behind due to vacation. But no vacation from deadly workplace tragedies: Three workers killed…
As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
Yet another trench collapse, assaults on nurse and social worker, wood chipper, two tow truck driver deaths, falls, fire, drowning.…
How workers died last week. Falls, shootings, forklifts, snow removal, hit-and-runs ….. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…
How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, falls, coal pile collapse, traffic, shootings….. On average, almost 100 workers…
How workers died last week. Yet another trench collapse, rail explosion, frozen to death, fall off an overpass, traffic, shooting…..…
How workers died last week. Two women killed in forklift incidents, bridge collapse, dog attack, shootings, cotton gin and vehicular…
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…