Weekly Toll: Death In the American Workplace
Another depressing installment of the Weekly Toll. Note that there are 39 fatalities listed here, going back, more or less,…
“I had to watch this poor kid’s head get crushed”
Common procedure for a workplace fatality: Blame the worker. Then blame the guy who warned that the workplace was dangerous.…
Work-Related Suicides: When work is so bad that you kill yourself
What can we say about working conditions when work becomes so bad that people kill themselves? Leeds University Research Sarah…
Cars stained with the blood of American workers
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs.…
Killing of EMT reminds us of the dangers of public employees and the “helping” professions
Tragic story about the killing of Yadira Arroyo, a 44 year-old emergency medical technician with the New York Fire Department…
Utah State OSHA Plan: Good for the boss, bad for me?
The Salt Lake City Tribune (partnering with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project) published an article last week entitled “Death on…