Protect Workers; Don’t Blame Them
The Washington Post did the nation a service last week by recognizing that the near death of one relatively famous…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safty
Amazon Prime: Hazardous Workplaces and Possible Fraudulent Conduct Here’s some rare good news. It’s well known that Amazon facilities are…
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…
Reporter Follows Up on Worker Blamed for His Own Death
worker blamed for his own death
When in Doubt, Blame the Worker?
Those of you who have been following the various iterations of this blog since I first started in 2003 know…
OSHA Speaks to Employers, Ignores Workers, About Deaths in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
Too many workers are dying in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, according to OSHA Region VII, and employers…
Charges Dropped Against Railroad for Lac Mégantic Catastrophe
Criminal charges have been dropped against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA), according to Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions…
LATE BREAKING: Lac Mégantic Rail Workers Acquitted
A jury has acquitted all three rail workers charged with criminal negligence causing death of 47 persons in the 2013…
Chemical Release Caused by Workers’ Mistakes? CSB Says No.
Seems like no matter how well a government report describes, some reporters persist in blaming workers’ “mistakes” and “gaffes” for…