Hiding Unsafe Conditions Behind Suicide
I have no great affection for employers who fail to provide a safe workplace — as the law and common…
Workers Who Died of COVID Remain Invisible to Feds
Good news! According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020 (also known as the year of COVID) was a great year…
Does the Rise in 2016 Workplace Fatalities Mean that OSHA Failed? Hearing Report Part 2
At yesterday’s House hearing, Eric Hobbes, representing the US Chamber of Commerce, cited a rise in workplace fatalities in 2016…
5 Workers Dead in Gas Rig Explosion at Company with History of Safety Problems
Five gas rig workers are presumed dead after an explosion gas rig in Quinton, OK. The names of the employees…
Construction Company Owner Charged with Manslaughter in Trench Death
Nothing sharpens the mind like the prospect of spending time in jail. Those of you who know me know that…
Boiled to Death, Buried Alive and Leg Ripped Off: The Stories Behind the Statistics
One of the fathers of occupational health, Irving Selikoff, once said that “statistics are people with the tears wiped away.”…
Is Opioid Addiction the Most Important Workplace Safety and Health Problem?
I’m going ask some questions in order to start a conversation here — about workplace drug abuse, workplace fatalities and…
“Anything goes” Death at Goodyear — in the Workplace and on the Road
Goodyear Tire and Rubber makes tires. They also seem to be good a killing people in a variety of different…
Workplace Fatalities Rose in 2016
In the unlikely event that anyone out there was thinking that workplace fatalities were fading into the past, check out…
Methylene Chloride Deaths: “All Preventable”
Methylene chloride kills. We wrote about 21-year old Kevin Hartley last June. He died last April 29 — Workers Memorial…