A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Since late April, OSHA has issued only three additional enforcement press releases (listed below, Gulf Cable, the Saipan casino case, and Republic Steel). Whereas the Obama administration issued press releases for any case greater than $40,000 (as well as “novel” cases like workplace violence and heat stroke), there seems to be no rhyme or reason…
3 Amarillo men die when detached trailer crashes into road workers Amarillo, TX — Three Amarillo men died and two other people were injured Saturday morning when a trailer being towed on eastbound Interstate 40 came loose from the back of a pickup and crashed into a road paving machine and its crew. J. Lee…
JCP&L employee dies after Freehold electrocution FREEHOLD, NJ – A Jersey Central Power & Light employee died after touching live high-voltage wires — but not immediately: He was able to walk, talk and describe exactly what happened before suffering a fatal medical episode. Andrew Powers, 56, of Metuchen was working on a piece of transforming…
The latest list of workers not coming home at the end of the shift Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston identified as victim of rock crusher accident in Altus Altus, OK — An adjustment to a Terex Finlay Impactor turned fatal when Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston was pulled into the rock crusher May…
Death in the workplace does not stop for Workers Memorial Day Cab driver shot and killed while on duty NEW ORLEANS, LA – Ali Khan, a 38-year-old United cab driver was shot and killed while on duty early Friday morning, according to information acquired by the New Orleans Advocate. The incident occurred just before 7:30…
Another depressing installment of the Weekly Toll. Note that there are 39 fatalities listed here, going back, more or less, for about a week. There are an average of 13 workers killed every day on the job in the United States, which means the list below only covers about one-quarter of the workers actually killed…