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
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: No Holiday From Workplace Death
Trench collapse, falling trees, traffic incidents, building collapses, shootings, falls. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every day in…
Public Employees: Still Second-Class Citizens After 51 Years
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths Continue into New Year
Supermarket Employee Killed in Fall from Ladder Pasco, WA — A supermarket employee, Duoc Tran, fell to his death at…
Harder Times for Poultry Workers
A 59-year-old employee at Allen Harim poultry plant in Harbeson, Delaware was killed last week from a serious head trauma…
Weekly Toll: Workers Die at Gas Stations, Construction Sites, Bowling Alleys, Chicken Processing Plants, in Rivers and Falling off Buildings
Boom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers PALM COAST, Fla. – Two construction workers were electrocuted Monday in an…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Last Week
Family, friends mourning death of construction worker killed in Twin Peaks Tunnel SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KTVU) – Family and friends are…
Weekly Toll: Another group of workers join the list those who didn’t make it through the workday
Parkland School Teachers Killed in Shooting Parkland, FL — Three school employees were among the 17 persons killed in the…
Workplace Fatalities Rose in 2016
In the unlikely event that anyone out there was thinking that workplace fatalities were fading into the past, check out…