Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
OSHA Warns Employers About Trench Collapses
As I wrote last week, workers in this country are facing an epidemic of trench collapse deaths this year and…
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…