2025 Holiday Book List
No doubt about it. It’s been a shit year. But there’s good news — especially for those of you who…
The Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, tree care, forklift, railroad, construction, stabbing, falls, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Trouble in Republican Paradise? Mineworkers Don’t Want to Die
News Flash: Some Republican politicians think it might be a bad idea to kill their constituents.
Death by Deregulation: MSHA to Roll Back Miners’ Silica Protections
On April 18, 2024 the Biden administration issued a long awaited new silica rule to protect coal miners — more…
Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Skid steer, electrocution, fire, assault, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are…
How Workers Died Last Week: Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, machinery, crushed by pipes, acid exposure, forklift, airplane crash, conveyer belt, shootings and…
Farmington Mine Disaster and the Blood of Coal Miners
Today is the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Farmington Mine explosion. At 5:30 in the morning on November 20th, a…
Nevada Gov Drops OSHA Penalties for Musk
It sounds like one of those detective show plots: Workers suffer serious chemical burns at workplace owned by the world’s…
Killed on the Job: Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Coal mining, construction, fall, machinery, electrocution, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers…
Dead on the Job: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Airplane crash, suicides, lawnmower, trapped in machinery, firefighting, electrocutions, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…