Will Conviction of a Nurse Increase Medical Errors?
Right after Christmas in 2017, Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught made a series of medication errors that resulted…
Bulldozer Tragedy: Prosecute the Operator?
If you’re an avid reader of The Weekly Toll, you may have noticed a few weeks ago the tragic death…
Biden’s FY 2023 Workplace Safety and Health Budget
President Biden released his FY 2023 Budget request yesterday and the OSHA budget request provides an $89 million (or 14.6%)…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
This week: Falls, building collapse, vehicle incidents, shootings, drowning. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the…
Washington OSHA Cracks Down on Amazon’s “Punishing Profit Model”
Last Sunday, March 20, marked the 21st anniversary of one of the greatest crimes in American labor history: President George…
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Still Lessons to Be Learned
A call from an old friend reminded me that today is the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. On…
Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace
This week: Fires, falls, machinery, shootings, vehicles, forklift. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Workplace Deaths are Preventable: New OSHA Region 8 Administrator Jennifer Rouse, writing in the Colorado Sun points out that almost…
Washington Employer Goes to Jail for Trench Death
For the first time in the state’s history, a Washington employer will go to jail for the death of one…
The Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace
This week: Two construction workers electrocuted, tree cutting, traffic crashes, mining, shootings. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…