Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
Last week workers were killed in a trench collapse, electrocution, vehicle accidents, falls, shootings, forklift incident and on a farm.…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week workers were killed in explosions, trench collapse, electrocution, vehicle accidents, shootings, crushed by machinery and stomped by a…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
New Mexico OSHA Cites City of Roswell for Fatal Trench Collapse New Mexico OSHA has issued a $621,768 citation against…
It’s Trench Season! Let’s Be Watchful Out There
It’s spring. The flowers are blooming, the cicadas are coming and peoples’ water lines and roofs need repair. And to…
Weekly Toll: Don’t Forget Us
Last Thursday, the Department of Labor held a Workers Memorial Day ceremony in Washington DC. OSHA’s family liaison, Tonya Ford…
A Song For Workers Memorial Day
Today is Workers Memorial Day. It’s a day, in the words of Mother Jones, to “mourn for the dead and…
AFL-CIO Issues 2024 Death on the Job Report
If you were to imagine a bible of occupational safety and health, combined with a review of where we are…
The Real Victims of Silica: Mine Operators
What happens when a miner is exposed to silica dust every day on the job? Several years ago, NPR reporter…
Mourning and Fighting: Workers Memorial Day 2024
On March 26, 2024 we woke to some grim news. A cargo ship had hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Next Sunday is Workers Memorial Day when, in the words of Mother Jones, we take a minute to “mourn the…