Labor Day Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job
How Workers Died Last Week: Confined space, heat, cement roller, falls, electrocutions, coal mining, crane collapse, shootings, vehicle incidents. On…
A BIG Thank You to Workers Who Keep America Running on Labor Day
Ah…. Today is Labor Day. A holiday weekend for many if not most of us. As millions of Americans sleep…
Three More Killed in Confined Space
For the second week in a row, multiple workers have been killed in a confined space incident. Three workers died…
Trump & Republicans Escalate War on Coal Miners
Donald Trump has made a resurgence of the coal industry a top priority. That promise helped him win the nation’s…
A Tribute to Trash Collectors
Thursday is trash and garbage pickup day here in Boston. This week is also the week that students move in…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week: Confined space, falls, logging, grain bin, skid steer, electrocution, fork lift, fire fighting, vehicle incidents,…
Six Killed in Confined Space Catastrophe
Six workers were killed Wednesday on a dairy farm in Keenesburg, Colorado, about 45 miles northeast of Denver. Many details…
Who Cares About the Lives of Public Employees?
It’s once again time to remind everyone of one of the nation’s most tragic — and least known — injustices:…
Honoring the Life of a Working Man
8-18-18. My dad loved saying his birth date aloud. The cadence, the sound, the alliteration. He would have been 107…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died over the past couple of weeks: Trench collapse, confined space, plane crash, helicopter crash, drowning, electrocution, tree…