Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Over the Past Two Weeks
2 firefighters killed as blaze rages in northern California REDDING, CALIF. —The National Park Service reports a second firefighter has…
Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home From Work Last Week
1 worker killed, 1 hurt after Dumpster falls at NC Campbell’s Soup plant, reports say MAXTON, N.C. (WNCN) – One…
Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
While most of the discussion of President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court focuses on the possibility…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths Over the Last Two Weeks
I took a week off compiling this list. No change in the deadly work that American workers do, except that…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
Genesee Power Station employee dies in workplace accident FLINT, MI – An employee died in an industrial accident at the…
Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workplace Fatalities
Another week, and another list of preventable deaths. Two double fatalities this week: Two workers killed in a power plant…
Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workplace Deaths
Man dies in pressroom accident at Pennsylvania newspaper ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A contractor (Ruben Ocasio-Fernandez, 32)became trapped underneath a piece…
Weekly Toll: Memorial Day Edition
Today is Memorial Day when we remember those who gave their lives defending this country and the freedoms we defend…
Weekly Toll: Workers Die Every Other Hour of Every Day
Tree trimmer dies in accident at Stanford housing complex Palo Alto, CA — A 36-year-old man died while working on…
Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home at the End of the Day
Mechanic dies after car falls on him in east Las Vegas auto body shop LAS VEGAS, NV — A mechanic…