Weekly Toll: Tragedies During Holiday Time
How workers die. Trench Collapse, falls, machinery, forklift, explosion, rabies from bat bite, electrocution, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over…
Weekly Toll: Missing from Thanksgiving
How workers die. Falls, salt mine, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers die. Forklift, machinery, falls, tree trimming, electrocution, drowning, explosion, stabbing, shootings, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100…
Public Employees: Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough
Eric Weems, 52, a lineman working for the city of Griffin, Georgia, was killed on Nov. 13, and another worker,…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
How workers died last week: Coal mining, Hurricane Helena, forklifts, falls, logging, vehicle incidents, stabbings and shootings. On average, over…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Death
How workers died last week: Forklift, logging, construction, machinery, vehicle incidents, shootings, hurricane work. On average, over 100 workers are…
Public Employees: Live Like Slaves; Die Like Dogs
Following last week’s post about public employee deaths and lack of OSHA coverage, there is unfortunately more to add from…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
How workers died last week: Suffocated in a farm silo and confined spaces, electrocuted, shot, stabbed, hit by vehicles and…
Public Employees Killed by Preventable Hazards. And It’s all Legal
Imagine you’re recruited for a job with a bunch of other workers. It’s a job with lots of hazards —…