Weekly Toll: Workers’ Deaths Are Not Statistics
A couple of comments before we get to this week’s list. We’ve written about OSHA’s unfortunate decision to remove the…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
A couple of comments before we get to this week’s list. We’ve written about OSHA’s unfortunate decision to remove the…
Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…
Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its…
Summer vacations, eclipses, white power marches and murders –but one constant: people keep dying in American workplaces One killed in…
Worker killed after collision with SUV on Fargo airport runway FARGO, ND — A contract worker painting stripes on the…
Worker found dead, pinned in NYC elevator shaft NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a construction worker was found dead,…
Five fatalities in Pennsylvania this week and three in Colorado. Work accident kills Mansfield business owner MANSFIELD, PA — A…
Fourth TECO worker dies after accident at plant Tampa, FL — A fourth person has died from the TECO Apollo…
UGI worker killed in Pa. home explosion, company confirms Lancaster, PA — A UGI worker was killed and two others…
Worker dies in accident at Weitsman facility Oswego, NY — An employee at Ben Weitsman & Son’s facility in Owego…