Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: Three dead from electrocutions, 5 workers crushed under vehicles, construction, confined space, welding explosion, falls,…
Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year
At least five workers were crushed to death in preventable trench collapses in the last month and a half of…
Weekly Toll: Dying in the New Year
How workers died last week: Overturned tractor, crushed in machine, trapped in farm equipment, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Students: Help Workers Fight for Safe Working Conditions
Are you a college or graduate student interested in work, workers and workplace safety and health? Do you want to…
2025 Confined Space Year in Review
Ah, the hopeful dawn of a new year! This is a time when we look back fondly at the events…
This Day in Workplace Safety History: The Sago Mine Disaster
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Sago mine disaster.
Report Card on Previous New Year’s OSH Resolutions
Two years ago, January 1, 2024 — back when the world made sense — I drafted some New Year’s Resolutions…
No Happy New Year: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Logging, construction, gas explosion, truck repair, avalanche, mining, stabbing, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, skid steer, fork lift, coal mining, fall, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
An Open Letter to ICE Agents
To the men and women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: I write to you not as an adversary, but…