Weekly Toll: Devastated Families, Friends and Co-workers
How workers died last week: Five workers killed in separate building collapses, workers crushed to death, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings,…
Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace
How workers died last week: Covered in molten steel, pinned between doors, hot air balloon crash, ski lift accident, chemical…
Weekly Toll: Carnage in the Workplace
Workers crushed under semi-trailer, under mobile home and by thousands of pounds of dirt in an unprotected trench. Shootings, falls,…
Weekly Toll: Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough
How workers died last week: Crushed under loading ramp, murdered at group home, killed in tree-trimming incident, shootings, falls, vehicle…
Weekly Toll: 2023 Ends With More Death in the Workplace
How workers died over the last couple of weeks: Two workers killed in trench collapses, worker crushed under 90,000-pound trailer,…
Weekly Toll: Gruesome Week in the American Workplace
Gruesome week in the American workplace. Worker pulled head-first into wood chipper. MTA subway worker dragged to his death by…
Weekly Toll: Empty Seats at Thanksgiving
Either fewer workers were killed Thanksgiving week (because fewer were working) or fewer reporters reported on workplace fatalities (because fewer…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
How workers died last week: Two hospital workers killed, machinery, forklift, logging and vehicle incidents, falls, shootings. On average, over…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: Falls, crushed by an excavator, machinery and vehicle incidents, explosion, electrocution. On average, over 100…
Business Tries to Kill Protections from Heat Hazards that Kill Workers
The Miami-Dade County Commission has voted 8-2 to table proposed protections for outdoor workers against heat until next March where…