Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace
Worker dies after northeastern Indiana industrial accident FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a worker has died in an…
Boiled to Death, Buried Alive and Leg Ripped Off: The Stories Behind the Statistics
One of the fathers of occupational health, Irving Selikoff, once said that “statistics are people with the tears wiped away.”…
Weekly Toll: Last Workers to Die in 2017. Let’s hope 2018 is better
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food…
“Anything goes” Death at Goodyear — in the Workplace and on the Road
Goodyear Tire and Rubber makes tires. They also seem to be good a killing people in a variety of different…
Weekly Toll: Falls, Trench Collapses, Shootings, Traffic Incidents. All In a Day’s Work
1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A subcontractor…
Weekly Toll: The Bell Continues to Toll For American Workers
Bentleyville man dies at ArcelorMittal plant in Monessen Monessen, PA — A Bentleyville man died Sunday night at the ArcelorMittal…
Weekly Toll: Workers Age 19 to 60 Won’t Be Coming Home
Worker Dies in Industrial Accident at Northern Idaho Mill ATHOL, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a worker at a northern…
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 (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: Made In America
Five fatalities in Pennsylvania this week and three in Colorado. Work accident kills Mansfield business owner MANSFIELD, PA — A…