Reefer Madness: Death of Cannabis Worker
Last January 4, 2022, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts and…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die in the United States
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
Weekly Toll: End of Watch
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
Weekly Toll: Crushed, Buried, Suffocated on the Job
Drowned in a trench, suffocated in a corn silo, crushed under a stone, Trench Collapse, grain silo suffocation, falls, burned…
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…
Weekly Toll: Labor Day and Families Mourn
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…