Boiled to Death, Buried Alive and Leg Ripped Off: The Stories Behind the Statistics
One of the fathers of occupational health, Irving Selikoff, once said that “statistics are people with the tears wiped away.”…
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One of the fathers of occupational health, Irving Selikoff, once said that “statistics are people with the tears wiped away.”…
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food…
“Touching” “Infuriating” and hopefully “Educational” and “Motivating” are all words that come to mind reading this amazing article, Death in…
Worker Dies in Industrial Accident at Northern Idaho Mill ATHOL, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a worker at a northern…
Today is Labor Day, a day many of us spend celebrating the work of American workers and the labor movement…
Following up on its article (and my blog post) on the tragic trench death of DJ Meyer last December, the…
There is so much sad and infuriating about this story that it’s hard to know where to begin. How about…
Just heard about a worker killed in a trench collapse about a dozen miles down the road from me. He…
Do you sit in a comfortable office all day, outraged by what you read in Confined Space, and wondering what…
Employer in fatal Boston trench collapse did not provide safety training and basic safeguards for employees, OSHA finds Atlantic Drain…