Worker Killed. Not a “Mishap”
OK, just a very small rant. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “mishap” is defined as “bad luck, or an unlucky…
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OK, just a very small rant. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “mishap” is defined as “bad luck, or an unlucky…
I’ve been writing this blog, off and on, for over 18 years now, and sometimes it seems like Groundhog Day…
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about how “freak accidents” are neither “freak,” nor “accidental.” As I…
Some people — especially journalists — sometimes falsely label workplace fatalities as “freak accidents” even when they’ve happened before and…
Freak Accident: An incident, especially one that is harmful, occurring under highly unusual and unlikely circumstances. (Wiktionary) This is another in an occasional series of posts about…
Sometimes, when you’re reading about the tragedies in the Weekly Toll, there are a few that you think, “Well, that’s…