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…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
The Washington Post did the nation a service last week by recognizing that the near death of one relatively famous…
Amazon Prime: Hazardous Workplaces and Possible Fraudulent Conduct Here’s some rare good news. It’s well known that Amazon facilities are…
Right after Christmas in 2017, Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught made a series of medication errors that resulted…
If you’re an avid reader of The Weekly Toll, you may have noticed a few weeks ago the tragic death…
worker blamed for his own death
Those of you who have been following the various iterations of this blog since I first started in 2003 know…
Too many workers are dying in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, according to OSHA Region VII, and employers…
Criminal charges have been dropped against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA), according to Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions…
A jury has acquitted all three rail workers charged with criminal negligence causing death of 47 persons in the 2013…
Seems like no matter how well a government report describes, some reporters persist in blaming workers’ “mistakes” and “gaffes” for…