Workers Killed on the Job: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: trench collapse, falling rock, crushed to death, lawn mower, septic tank suffocation, electrocution, mine incidents,…
Chemical Safety Board
Dispatches (Short Stuff)
Meatpacking & Poultry Workers
Silica
Workplace Violence
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Next OSHA Inspection: The Fifth of Never We recently summarized the findings of the AFL-CIO’s 2026 Death on the Job…
Missing From the Commencement Ceremony: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Meatpacking, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents, explosion, industrial incidents, electrocution, tree-trimming and medical plane crash. On…
The Commencement Address I Would Give If Asked
Good morning to all of you — faculty, families, friends, and most importantly—you, the Class of 2026. Today is a…
Tony Mazzocchi Centennial Conference: June 4-5
Ask almost anyone active in the workplace health and safety movement who’s around my age about what inspired them to…
Workers Memorial Day 2026
I was traveling abroad over Workers Memorial Day this year, so I missed the nation world-wide commemoration that will dwarf…
Clocking in for the Final Shift: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Four security guards killed, grain bin suffocation, falls, shootings, machinery, stabbings, vehicular incidents, industrial incidents.…
Friday Night Massacre at Mine Safety Review Commission
Trump political retribution and the ghost of DOGE (remember that?) are still alive and finally reaching down into the smallest…
Workplace Fatalities: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Four killed falling from roofs, crushed to death, machinery, overturned vehicles, entrapment incident, medical episode,…
The Negligence Just Keeps Piling Up: The Bi-Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: electrocutions, tunnel collapse, explosion, falling, rollovers, brush fire, grain-bin, crushed by construction lift, vehicular collisions,…