Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Yet another Trench Collapse. Workers dead in industrial incidents, rail crashes, shootings, electrocutions and vehicle incidents. On average, almost 100…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Yet another Trench Collapse. Workers dead in industrial incidents, rail crashes, shootings, electrocutions and vehicle incidents. On average, almost 100…
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
This week: Two construction workers electrocuted, tree cutting, traffic crashes, mining, shootings. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…