Weekly Toll: The Last Two Weeks of Carnage in the American Workplace
These reports always contain an surprising and upsetting diversity of ways to die in the workplace. The last couple of…
The Weekly Toll: The Deaths Just Keep On Happening
Rockford police officer killed after traffic stop ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford police officer was killed in the line of…
Weekly Toll: Work Continues Its Deadly Course
Bourbonnais Man Dies From Possible Pesticide Exposure In Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, IL — A Bourbonnais man died after he…
The Weekly Toll: Three Weeks and the List Goes On and On and On
Auto shop worker fatally pinned in Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) — Police say the death of an auto shop worker…
Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home This Week
68-year-old man killed in workplace accident in Hall County Atlanta, GA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.…
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: 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,…
Weekly Toll: Suffocations, Shootings, Highways — again.
Fourth TECO worker dies after accident at plant Tampa, FL — A fourth person has died from the TECO Apollo…