Weekly Toll: Tragedies During Holiday Time
How workers die. Trench Collapse, falls, machinery, forklift, explosion, rabies from bat bite, electrocution, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over…
We Need to Make More Noise About Noise
What did you say? While it’s true that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has made major progress protecting…
Weekly Toll: Missing from Thanksgiving
How workers die. Falls, salt mine, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the…
Trump’s Labor Pick: The Best Clown in the Cabinet Clown Car?
Labor advocates may not be dancing in the streets, but they at least seem to be emitting a small (very…
2024 Holiday Book List
Come on and sing along: “It’s the most terrible time of our history…..” Or maybe this: “Bad King Donald Trump…
Poultry Industry Injury Numbers Need a Closer Look
Cover photo by Earl Dotter. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published its annual workplace injury and illness report for…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers die. Forklift, machinery, falls, tree trimming, electrocution, drowning, explosion, stabbing, shootings, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100…
Public Employees: Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough
Eric Weems, 52, a lineman working for the city of Griffin, Georgia, was killed on Nov. 13, and another worker,…
Trump 2.0: Something Wicked This Way Comes
It’s time to turn off the endless World Series clips, crawl out from under the bed, collect the newspapers moldering…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers die. Forklift incidents, falls, drowning, train derailment, shooting, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…