Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers die. Forklift incidents, falls, drowning, train derailment, shooting, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
How workers die. Forklift incidents, falls, drowning, train derailment, shooting, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
Imagine you’re recruited for a job with a bunch of other workers. It’s a job with lots of hazards —…
How workers died last week: Coal mining, railroad incident, forklift, electrocution, scaffolding collapse, vehicle incidents, shootings, stabbing, fires and falls.…
How workers died last week: Heat, electrocution, falls, fire, explosions, coal mining, helicopter crash, vehicle incidents, stabbing, shootings. On average,…
How Workers Died over the past few weeks: Heat, drowning, workplace violence, electrocution, shootings, falls, explosions, building collapse, vehicle incidents.…
I’ve been traveling for a few weeks, so this and next week’s list will be a bit longer than usual.…
Last week two workers were killed in grain facilities, 8 migrant farmworkers were killed in a traffic incident, workers were…
How workers died last week: Two trenching fatalities, electrocution, falls, fires, public employee drowning, machinery deaths, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents.…
How workers died last week: Falls, vehicle incidents, shootings and a number of unexplained “industrial accidents”. On average, over 100…
How workers died last week: Crushed under loading ramp, murdered at group home, killed in tree-trimming incident, shootings, falls, vehicle…