Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week: Falls, vehicle incidents, shootings and a number of unexplained “industrial accidents”. On average, over 100…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Kill, Kill Again What does it take to get companies to stop killing their workers — especially when they do…
Weekly Toll: Dead at Work
Body of missing Tenn. sheriff’s deputy found after cruiser discovered in river with another body inside MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. —…
Football and Roof Falls
Monday was a beautiful day in Boston. I walked around my Brighton neighborhood and saw people enjoying the sunshine, walking…
Weekly Toll: Clocking Out of the Last Shift
How workers died last week: Two trench collapses, electrocution, wood chipper, falls, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents, suicide. On average, over…
53 Years Ago: Thiokol Explosion kills 29 Workers
Earlier this week, February 3, marked the 53rd anniversary of the Thiokol explosion. Coming just a month after passage of…
Neighborhood Trenches: It Never Ends….
This morning. A few blocks from my house. He wasn’t very appreciative of my efforts to save his life. For…
Can Child Labor Rescue America From Labor Shortages? An Update
I have (unfortunately) written often about the growing scourge of child labor — especially in dangerous food processing industry —…
Weekly Toll: Devastated Families, Friends and Co-workers
How workers died last week: Five workers killed in separate building collapses, workers crushed to death, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings,…
Whither Cal/OSHA? Ground-breaking Standards, but No One to Enforce Them
by Guest Contributor Garrett Brown Cal/OSHA is yet again looking for a new Chief – the third time in five…