Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: airplane and fire truck collision, falls, crushed by industrial equipment, medical episodes, train and truck…
Smoke Gets In Your Lungs
These are not good times for those who care about workers’ safety and health. Democrats and labor feel frustrated, powerless…
Weekly Toll: End of Shift
How Workers Died Last Week: Confined space, electrocution, oil field explosion, firefighting, falls, drowning, helicopter crash, farming, tree trimming, construction,…
Weekly Toll: Workers Memorial Day Edition
Monday was Workers Memorial Day where we pause to remember the dead and fight like hell for the living. Meanwhile,…
Child Labor
Dispatches (Short Stuff)
Fires and Firefighting
Immigrants
Meatpacking & Poultry Workers
Short Stuff
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health
Firefighting Causes Cancer Mindy Isser in Jacobin describes how toxic chemicals and materials released during fires result in firefighters being…
Reflections on 9-11
On Sunday night, September 8, 60 Minutes devoted its entire program to 9/11 and the Fire Department of New York…
After Two Decades of Advocacy, Federal Firefighters Expand Federal Workers’ Compensation Protections for Occupational Diseases
Cancer is a well-established workplace hazard for firefighters. This is not only documented in numerous studies, it is recognized by…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Little Fires Everywhere…at Amazon Neither rain, no sleet, nor snow stops the US mail. Apparently for Amazon, that also includes…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
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…