Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace
A couple more public employees and a “freak accident.” Wanna bet? One dead after industrial accident at Vulcraft in Norfolk,…
Weekly Toll: The Monthly Version
FedEx truck driver killed after crashing over highway in Texas DALLAS, TX — A fiery crash killed the driver of…
OSHA Issues Tiny Penalty for Three Communication Tower Deaths
OSHA has fined Tower King II Inc. $12,934 for the death of three workers who were attempting to install a…
Weekly Toll
Man, 32, Killed After Barge Overturns in Guilford GUILFORD, CT — One person is dead after a barge carrying eight…
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…
Weekly Toll: Public employees, workplace violence and death in a tire-shredder
I’ve been away, so it’s a long, depressing list this week. Lowlights include 11 public employees in states that don’t…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Safe and Health Workplaces: Short Stuff
The moral of this week’s stories is that if you find yourself eating pork chops at your fancy seaside hotel…
Weekly Toll: Last Workers to Die in 2017. Let’s hope 2018 is better
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food…
The Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…
Weekly Toll: Falls, Trench Collapses, Shootings, Traffic Incidents. All In a Day’s Work
1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A subcontractor…