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:…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
We discussed the turmoil at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) a couple of weeks ago and…
These are troubling times at the obscure Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) and that means troubling and…
This week: Two construction workers electrocuted, tree cutting, traffic crashes, mining, shootings. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…
West Virginia miners beat back an attempt this week to weaken their mine safety protections. West Virginia mine worker Steven…
This week: Trench collapse, fires, shootings and stabbings, vehicle-related incidents, logging. Never short of different ways for workers to die…
On November 20, 1968, 53 years ago today, 78 miners died in an explosion at the Consol No. 9 coal…
We wrote last month about an PBS/Frontline story by Howard Berkes about the return of black lung, how the mixture…
Line worker killed by falling tree in Middletown MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – An Eversource subcontractor was killed in Middletown on Sunday by a falling tree,…