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Weekly Toll: Gruesome Week in the American Workplace
Gruesome week in the American workplace. Worker pulled head-first into wood chipper. MTA subway worker dragged to his death by…
Bhopal: 39 Years Later and Still Hurting
Thirty-nine years ago, the city of Bhopal, India suffered the worst chemical disaster in world history. I wrote a long…
A Failing Report Card on Worker Health and Safety                                                  Â
Earlier this month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its latest report on private sector workplace injuries and illnesses…
Weekly Toll: Empty Seats at Thanksgiving
Either fewer workers were killed Thanksgiving week (because fewer were working) or fewer reporters reported on workplace fatalities (because fewer…
Confined Space Holiday Fundraiser
It is my unpleasant task, every decade or so, to hold an irregular Confined Space fundraiser. As you all know,…
55 Years Ago: The Farmington Mine Disaster
A day late, but yesterday was the 55th anniversary of the Farmington Mine Disaster, November 20, 1968. Below is a…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
How workers died last week: Two hospital workers killed, machinery, forklift, logging and vehicle incidents, falls, shootings. On average, over…
Budget Update: House Postpones Workers’ Death Sentences
As Congress flees town for Thanksgiving, American workers earn a temporary reprieve from Republican attempts to defund the (workplace) police.…
House Rules Committee Approves Anti OSHA and MSHA Amendments
I wrote yesterday about proposed amendments to the House Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that would eliminate all funding…