Weekly Toll: Workers’ Deaths Are Not Statistics
A couple of comments before we get to this week’s list. We’ve written about OSHA’s unfortunate decision to remove the…
Weekly Toll: Workers Continue to Die In American Workplaces
Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…
Weekly Toll: OSHA Won’t Tell You Who Died In The Workplace. We Will
Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its…
Weekly Toll (Actually 3 Weeks): Death in the American Workplace
Summer vacations, eclipses, white power marches and murders –but one constant: people keep dying in American workplaces One killed in…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work
Worker found dead, pinned in NYC elevator shaft NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a construction worker was found dead,…
Enforcement Update: OSHA Still Embarrassed About Enforcing the Law
Press Release Drought Continues When Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last month before the US Senate, he committed to…
Weekly Toll: The Tragedies Never End
Construction Worker Dies After Falling From Brooklyn Building: NYPD New York, NY — A construction worker fell from a building…
Weekly Toll: Lots of Tragedy This Week
3 Amarillo men die when detached trailer crashes into road workers Amarillo, TX — Three Amarillo men died and two…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Milford Woman In Norwood Skyline Fall Dies MILFORD, MA — A worker who fell through a skyline on Broadway in…
Weekly Toll: Memorial Day Edition
Owner killed in explosion PHILIPPI, WV — After further investigation of an explosion in Barbour County on Wednesday, the Occupational…