Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week. Yet another trench collapse, rail explosion, frozen to death, fall off an overpass, traffic, shooting…..…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
How workers died last week. Yet another trench collapse, rail explosion, frozen to death, fall off an overpass, traffic, shooting…..…
How workers died last week. Two women killed in forklift incidents, bridge collapse, dog attack, shootings, cotton gin and vehicular…
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
COVID Keeping Millions of Workers Off the Job COVID continues to take a major toll on the economy, and specifically…
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
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…