Weekly Toll: Working the Final Shift
Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…
Workers crushed in yet another trench collapse, caught in machinery, crushed under falling equipment, killed in explosions, falling from heights,…
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
Last week: Three killed in trench collapses, Ohio public employee (with no OSHA coverage) dies in wastewater treatment plant, firefighter…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…