Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace
How workers died last week. Two women killed in forklift incidents, bridge collapse, dog attack, shootings, cotton gin and vehicular…
Weekly Toll: Killed At Work
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
Healthcare Worker Shootings: Where is OSHA’s Workplace Violence Standard?
Workplace violence continues to kill and injure this country’s caregivers while the latest round of healthcare worker homicides has renewed…
Reefer Madness: Death of Cannabis Worker
Last January 4, 2022, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts and…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die in the United States
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
When Are Public Employee Memorials a Hollow Gesture?
Why do I often roll my eyes and shake my head when I read about a city or county or…
Weekly Toll: End of Watch
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
Workers tell OSHA: We want actions, not words
On September 27-29, OSHA hosted a Workers Voice Summit, an event “where workers, organizations and worker advocates come together to…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Little Fires Everywhere…at Amazon Neither rain, no sleet, nor snow stops the US mail. Apparently for Amazon, that also includes…
OSHA COVID-19 Standard Approaches as CDC and Republicans Complicate Matters
OSHA rulemaking is never easy. Even for an infectious disease that continues to kill over 400 Americans every day. OSHA…