Epidemic of Trench Deaths in First Half of 2022
As we pass the midpoint of 2022, we may be headed to a new record for trench collapse fatalities. Dare…
Weekly Toll: Failure to Survive Work
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week: Three killed in trench collapses, Ohio public employee (with no OSHA coverage) dies in wastewater treatment plant, firefighter…
2 Killed in Trench Collapse Should Still be Alive
Two construction workers were killed in a trench collapse Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota. The workers were identified as Bob…
Trench Deaths: Failure to Learn
I’m frustrated. Every few months I go on a tirade about workers who are needlessly suffocated and crushed to death…
Monthly Toll
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
Weekly Toll: Remember the Dead…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
If You Fail To Kill Your Workers the First Time Around — Try, Try Again.
I consider myself a fairly reasonable person. True, I believe that any employer who kills one of his workers in…
Washington Employer Goes to Jail for Trench Death
For the first time in the state’s history, a Washington employer will go to jail for the death of one…