April: The Cruelest Month For Workers
Today marks the 11th anniversary of the catastrophic West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. The explosion of tons of ammonium nitrate…
53 Years Ago: Thiokol Explosion kills 29 Workers
Earlier this week, February 3, marked the 53rd anniversary of the Thiokol explosion. Coming just a month after passage of…
55 Years Ago: The Farmington Mine Disaster
A day late, but yesterday was the 55th anniversary of the Farmington Mine Disaster, November 20, 1968. Below is a…
Gordon Lightfoot and the Edmund Fitzgerald. RIP
As you may be aware, one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Gordon Lightfoot, died earlier this week at the age of…
Triangle Shirtwaist: 112th Anniversary
Today is the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that killed 146 people, including 123 women, who burned…
April: The Month of Workplace Disasters
April 28 is Workers Memorial Day — a day dedicated to memorializing those killed on the job and rededicating ourselves…
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Still Lessons to Be Learned
A call from an old friend reminded me that today is the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. On…
This Day in History: Farmington Mine Explosion Kills 78 Miners
On November 20, 1968, 53 years ago today, 78 miners died in an explosion at the Consol No. 9 coal…
Today in Workplace Safety: Imperial Sugar and Kleen Energy
February 7 is the sad anniversary of two of this country's worst and most recent industrial disasters: the 2008 explosion…
Yesterday in Workplace Safety: Pemberton Mill Collapse
Yesterday marked the 159th anniversary of the Pemberton Mill collapse that killed an estimated 145 workers.