Workplace Violence: Protecting Retail Workers
Late on the night of June 2, 23-year-old Tava Woodard was killed in a robbery at the Roadrunner convenience store…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
How workers died last week. Backed over, falls, electrocution, shootings, machinery incidents, vehicle incidents and on and on and on.…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died over the past few weeks: I was on vacation for a couple of weeks, so this is…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
How workers died over the past few weeks: I was on vacation for a couple of weeks, so this is…
Hiding Unsafe Conditions Behind Suicide
I have no great affection for employers who fail to provide a safe workplace — as the law and common…
Miami-Dade Moves to Protect Workers from Heat as Another Dies
Workers continue to die from high heat and employer neglect, while an OSHA standard may be years off and Texas…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and health. OSHA and MSHA are making progress on several standards and…
16-Year Old Killed in Meat Processing Plant
Another teenager has died in a workplace where children have no business working. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – A teenage boy…
Weekly Toll: Killed in the Workplace
How workers died last week: trench collapse, explosions, electrocution, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
The Myth of “Freak Accidents”
I’ve been writing this blog on and off for over 20 years. Sometimes it seems that the basic stories remain…