Monthly Toll
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
Amazon Skates Free While Climate Change Kills Workers
Deny it or not, climate change is not just coming; it’s here. And it’s not just homes in newly flood-prone…
Weekly Toll: Death on the job
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
The Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace
This week: Two construction workers electrocuted, tree cutting, traffic crashes, mining, shootings. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
This week: Explosions, falls, shootings, electrocution, vehicle-related incidents, drowning. Never short of different ways for workers to die on the…
Weekly Toll: New Year Rings In With Teen-age Workers Killed
This week: A 16 year-old, an 18 year-old and a 19 year-old worker were killed on the job last week.…
Supreme Court Allows OSHA Standard to Go Into Effect (as of this moment…)
I’m holding my breath and afraid to jinx it, but as of this moment, noon on Monday, we have not…
Another Social Worker Killed: When will it end?
Deidre Silas, 36, an investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), was stabbed to death Tuesday…
Weekly Toll: No Holiday From Workplace Death
Trench collapse, falling trees, traffic incidents, building collapses, shootings, falls. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every day in…