Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
COVID Keeping Millions of Workers Off the Job COVID continues to take a major toll on the economy, and specifically…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work Last Week
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…
Weekly Toll: Failure to Survive Work
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week: Three killed in trench collapses, Ohio public employee (with no OSHA coverage) dies in wastewater treatment plant, firefighter…
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.…
Worker Killed. Not a “Mishap”
OK, just a very small rant. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “mishap” is defined as “bad luck, or an unlucky…
Weekly Toll: The Deaths Continue
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
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: Children, Parents and Friends
This week: 16 year old McDonald’s worker shot, mine worker killed, workers run over by bulldozers, killed in fire, crushed…