Dispatches From The Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health
What’s going on in the world of workplace safety and health? Read on. It’s not all bad news.
Baltimore DPW Cited For Heat Death, But No Penalty
Maryland OSHA (MOSH) cited the Baltimore Department of Public Works (DPW) with a “serious violation” last week in connection with…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week. Trench collapse, crushed by industrial machinery, coal mine fall, electrocution, traffic accident, paint booth, shooting.…
Workplace Carnage: Two More Killed in Maryland Trench Collapse
Two Maryland workers were crushed to death in a trench collapse in Catonsville on Friday morning. 24-year-old Emerson Amestica and…
Weekly Toll: Killed In The Line of Duty
How workers died last week. Trench collapse, avalanche, crushed by a car lift, fall, fire, struck by a loose tire,…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths
How workers died last week. Carbon monoxide, train collision, falls, logging, suffocation, coal mine, construction equipment, vehicle incidents, stabbing and…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home For Christmas
How workers died last week. Trench Collapse, train derailment, plane and helicopter crashes, falls, tree care, shootings, vehicle incidents. On…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers die. Forklift incidents, falls, drowning, train derailment, shooting, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
Weekly Toll
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Maryland Issues Workplace Heat Standard
Last week, in a little noticed statement in the Maryland Register, the Maryland Division of Labor and Industry announced the…