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 in some kind…
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 —…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: Coal mining, railroad incident, forklift, electrocution, scaffolding collapse, vehicle incidents, shootings, stabbing, fires and falls.…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: 18-year old electrocuted and 17-year old killed delivering UberEats, heat, falls, machinery, grain bin, vehicle…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
How Workers Died Over the Last Weeks: electrocutions, heat, lawn mowers, grain bin, aircraft, falls, construction, firefighting, vehicle incidents and…