Dead on the Job: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Eleven die in paper mill explosion, six die in separate highway work zone incidents, electrocution,…
California Moves to Ban Silica Countertops
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted unanimously last week to fast-track an emergency rule that would ban…
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,…
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…
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.…
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,…
The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection
Of the 21 states (and Puerto Rico) who run their own OSHA programs, CalOSHA is often held up as the…
No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: trench collapse, parking lot collapse, crushed by a forklift, tanker truck explosion, pinned under pipes,…
Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: trench collapse, electrocutions, coal mining, falls, tree care, crane collapse, vehicular collisions, stabbed, ruptured hot…