Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
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On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Next Sunday is Workers Memorial Day when, in the words of Mother Jones, we take a minute to “mourn the…
Crane collapse, train crash, caught in machinery, fall down an elevator shaft, shootings, vehicle incidents, On average, over 100 workers…
How workers died last week: Five workers killed in separate building collapses, workers crushed to death, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings,…
How workers died last week: falls, machinery and vehicle incidents, forklifts, shootings, cranes, firefighting, grain auger. On average, over 100…
I’ve been on vacation — but death in the workplace takes no breaks. Over the last couple of weeks, two…
Last Week workers were killed in explosions, falls, shootings, tree cutting, vehicle incidents and trapped in a freezer. On average,…
Last week workers were crushed in a trench collapse, machinery and by a falling pipe. A worker died of a…
As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, crushed by materials, gas leaks, shootings, vehicles ….. On average, almost…