Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
A particularly tragic week in the workplace. Another heat death, teenager killed, 3 workers die in scaffold collapse, two workers…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
A particularly tragic week in the workplace. Another heat death, teenager killed, 3 workers die in scaffold collapse, two workers…
Last week, workers were crushed in machines, and killed in falls, shootings, vehicular incidents and tree trimming. And a 16-year…
Last Week workers were killed in fires, falls, shootings, machinery incidents, logging, vehicle incidents and assaults. On average, over 100…
Last Week workers were killed in explosions, falls, shootings, tree cutting, vehicle incidents and trapped in a freezer. On average,…
Last Week was Workers Memorial Day. Workers were killed in yet another trench collapse, petroleum plant explosion, falls, shootings, tree…
Last week, two workers killed in a trench collapse, 19 year old killed in tree trimming incident, others killed in…
Last week: Workers crushed by trees and stone slab, killed by mass shooter, hit by cars, killed by forklift, electrocuted…
Last week witnessed two workplace catastrophes: 6 workers were killed in a highway construction zone in Maryland and 7 were…
I was away for a couple of weeks, so running behind. In this report, workers died from falls, drowned, were…
Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…