Weekly Toll: Mourning for the Dead
Last Week was Workers Memorial Day. Workers were killed in yet another trench collapse, petroleum plant explosion, falls, shootings, tree…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Last Week was Workers Memorial Day. Workers were killed in yet another trench collapse, petroleum plant explosion, falls, shootings, tree…
Last week: Workers crushed by trees and stone slab, killed by mass shooter, hit by cars, killed by forklift, electrocuted…
Last week witnessed two workplace catastrophes: 6 workers were killed in a highway construction zone in Maryland and 7 were…
Last week: Workers run over by vehicles, drowned, killed in falls, crushed by trees and equipment and shot. On average,…
In this report, workers died tree-trimming incidents, grain bin, falls, drowning, electrocution, shootings and vehicular incidents. On average, over 100…
I was away for a couple of weeks, so running behind. In this report, workers died from falls, drowned, were…
Over the last week, two EMTs killed, a couple of logging deaths, storm-related fatalities, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents. All in…
Through January 2. Running a bit behind due to vacation. But no vacation from deadly workplace tragedies: Three workers killed…
Last week: Workers die in machinery-related deaths, electrocution, traffic incidents, falls, shootings. Just a few of the ways workers died…
How workers died last week. Falls, shootings, forklifts, snow removal, hit-and-runs ….. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…