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…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
I’ve been away, so it’s a long, depressing list this week. Lowlights include 11 public employees in states that don’t…
The moral of this week’s stories is that if you find yourself eating pork chops at your fancy seaside hotel…
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food…
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…
1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A subcontractor…
Bentleyville man dies at ArcelorMittal plant in Monessen Monessen, PA — A Bentleyville man died Sunday night at the ArcelorMittal…
At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…
Man killed by falling tree in Brentwood BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A workplace accident took a tragic turn when a local…
These reports always contain an surprising and upsetting diversity of ways to die in the workplace. The last couple of…
Bourbonnais Man Dies From Possible Pesticide Exposure In Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, IL — A Bourbonnais man died after he…