Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safty
Amazon Prime: Hazardous Workplaces and Possible Fraudulent Conduct Here’s some rare good news. It’s well known that Amazon facilities are…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
John Froines: 1939-2022
Sad days. John Froines died last week at age 83. He had had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Froines was…
Gerald W. McEntee 1935-2022
Gerald W. McEntee, former President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), died last week at…
OSHA Warns Employers About Trench Collapses
As I wrote last week, workers in this country are facing an epidemic of trench collapse deaths this year and…
Heat: Summertime, and the Workers are Dying…
Last month, the Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the efforts of the United States to address climate change.…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work Last Week
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…
Epidemic of Trench Deaths in First Half of 2022
As we pass the midpoint of 2022, we may be headed to a new record for trench collapse fatalities. Dare…
Weekly Toll: Failure to Survive Work
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
Supreme Court Threatens the Earth and Safe Workplaces
First they came for your voting rights. Next they came for your gun safety laws. Then they came for your…