Nurse Stabbed: Victim of Deteriorating Mental Health Care System and No OSHA Workplace Violence Standard
“I’ve had a 33-year career and would say I’ve been assaulted at least 50 times if not more. I’ve been…
City Worker Killed. Too bad. So Sad. Move on.
Just another tragic story in America? Plainville DPW worker killed in accident PLAINVILLE , MA — A public works employee…
Some Bad New (about NY Dairy Workers), But Also Good News: Read All About It in Short Stuff
Milking the Workers? Farm worker advocates have published a survey of mostly undocumented Hispanic workers that describes discrimination and workplace…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Milford Woman In Norwood Skyline Fall Dies MILFORD, MA — A worker who fell through a skyline on Broadway in…
Public Employees: Too Late to be Concerned After a Death
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to expand the death benefit for public employees who die on the job to $300,000.…
ICE Goes After Undocumented Worker Seeking Workers Compensation
Every worker has a right to a safe workplace — whether they’re documented or not. And workers in many states…
Weekly Toll: Nothing Good Here
JCP&L employee dies after Freehold electrocution FREEHOLD, NJ – A Jersey Central Power & Light employee died after touching live…
Workplace Death: Freak Accident or Preventable?
Sometimes, when you’re reading about the tragedies in the Weekly Toll, there are a few that you think, “Well, that’s…
Weekly Toll: Remembering Those Who Aren’t Coming Home
The latest deaths in the workplace, at least as many as I can locate. Lots of vehicle related fatalities this…
BREAKING!!! OSHA Issues First Enforcement Press Release Announcing $1.5 million fine for two trench deaths
Employer in fatal Boston trench collapse did not provide safety training and basic safeguards for employees, OSHA finds Atlantic Drain…