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,…
The Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Later
In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral The church bell chimed, ’til it…
Killed at Work: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Logging, tree care, electrocution, fall, drowning, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers…
Death and the Doctrine of Worker Risk: Workplace Safety and Health History
I am reposting a fascinating BlueSky thread from labor historian Eric Loomis (@erikloomis.bsky.social) about the early history of workplace safety…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Died
How workers died last week: Gas well explosion, falls, window washing, rail incidents, forklifts, trash compactor, tree care, farming, explosion,…
Workplace Heat: The Hidden Toll of Injuries
Most people probably understand by now how dangerous it can be for workers to labor in high heat: heat stroke…
Weekly Toll: Killed At Work
How workers died last week: Rail incident, gas leak, fall, school violence, tree care, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…