Last Weekly Toll of the Year
Last week: Workers die in machinery-related deaths, electrocution, traffic incidents, falls, shootings. Just a few of the ways workers died…
Congress Effectively Cuts OSHA Budget for 2nd Straight Year
In what can only be described as a colossal disappointment, the US Congress is on the verge of approving a…
Empty Chairs for the Holidays: The Weekly Toll
As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
In 2021: A Worker Died Every 101 Minutes
Note: This post was updated on December 17 to include statements from the AFL-CIO More people are dying in the…
Asbestos: Still Legal and Still Killing
Asbestos dust hung in the air, collected on the beams and light fixtures and built up until it was inches…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
What’s happening in the world of workplace safety and health? Lots. And lots of work to be done. Here are…
Weekly Toll
Workers crushed in yet another trench collapse, caught in machinery, crushed under falling equipment, killed in explosions, falling from heights,…
Hard Lessons of the Rail Dispute
Today is December 9, where in an alternative world America’s rail workers would be walking off the job and setting…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Yet another trench collapse, assaults on nurse and social worker, wood chipper, two tow truck driver deaths, falls, fire, drowning.…
Holiday Book Shopping List
That time of year again. And in my (not) uniquely procrastinating way, I’ve managed to miss Black Friday and Cyber…