16-Year Old Killed in Meat Processing Plant
Another teenager has died in a workplace where children have no business working. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – A teenage boy…
Weekly Toll: Killed in the Workplace
How workers died last week: trench collapse, explosions, electrocution, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
The Myth of “Freak Accidents”
I’ve been writing this blog on and off for over 20 years. Sometimes it seems that the basic stories remain…
House Republican Budget Declares War on Workers
Joe Biden once said “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget — and I’ll tell you what…
Defending Your Castle From OSHA Barbarians
A man’s (sic) home is his castle, so they say. Where he or she is able to make the rules…
Weekly Toll: Lost in the Workplace
Last week workers were killed in falls, explosions, fire, logging incidents, shootings, vehicle crashes, construction incidents, a grain silo collapse…
Richard Ravitch 1933-2023: A Memory by Damon Silvers
Maybe it’s my rapidly advancing age (and that of my friends), but I seem to be attending more memorial services…
The Lac Mégantic Rail Disaster: Ten Years Later
Ten years ago today, an unmanned train carrying 72 tankers full of highly combustible crude oil careened down a mountain…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
A particularly tragic week in the workplace. Another heat death, teenager killed, 3 workers die in scaffold collapse, two workers…
Heat Kills Another Texas Worker After Abbott Rescinds Heat Protections
Heat has killed another Texas worker. The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that 46-year-old construction worker Felipe Pascual…